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Educational Background As A Deciding Factor For Students Performance
Educational Background
The poor educational background of students is a deciding factor for his / her performance. For instance a student that went to a public primary school or standard and good private school can not be compared with one that went to less and non standard school. The former's performance would certainly be better.
The quality of formal schooling students receive in their first language was found to be the most significant students’ background variables in developing academic school language learning.
According to Saville Troike (1991); students with experience that are more closely aligned to the experiences and expectation of school trend to be more successful in transferring these skills to a second language in classroom. It was divulged that language factors is one of the most crucial educational variables that impact English Language learners. A student’s inability to communicate what he / she knows and feels in an academic English setting can be tremendous barrier to school achievement. Students who acquire content knowledge in classroom in language other than in English may not be able to adequately express that knowledge in classroom activities, group assignment or assessment in English.
Indeed, Test developers have recognized that whatever one is tested in language in which one is not fully proficient, test result will reflect one’s language proficiency as well as one’s accomplishment in whatever is been tested”. Center for Equity and Excellence in Education / Evaluation Assistance Center East (1996) p. 33.
More so, some of these students are not serious, ready and willing to learn some consider schooling as waste of time and prefer to be an apprentice. Some students’ nonchalant attitude and unseriousness can be seen when they refuse to participate in class activities, speak or express their feelings because of fear of mistake and the embarrassment that follow. Still on students’ attitude to learning English, some students hate / do not like their teachers. This may be for various reasons e.g because of the wrong notion they may have heard on the subject, his / her methodology.
Proceeding on the students’ attitude, non availability of learning materials e.g. textbook also brings about poor academic performance in English language.
Time management is also one of the deciding factors on students’ attitude to learning English Language. Some of these students even prior to or during their examination spend more time doing things that will not benefits them academically. For instance they still watch films for hours at the detriment of their studies.
The poor educational background of students is a deciding factor for his / her performance. For instance a student that went to a public primary school or standard and good private school can not be compared with one that went to less and non standard school. The former's performance would certainly be better.
The quality of formal schooling students receive in their first language was found to be the most significant students’ background variables in developing academic school language learning.
According to Saville Troike (1991); students with experience that are more closely aligned to the experiences and expectation of school trend to be more successful in transferring these skills to a second language in classroom. It was divulged that language factors is one of the most crucial educational variables that impact English Language learners. A student’s inability to communicate what he / she knows and feels in an academic English setting can be tremendous barrier to school achievement. Students who acquire content knowledge in classroom in language other than in English may not be able to adequately express that knowledge in classroom activities, group assignment or assessment in English.
Indeed, Test developers have recognized that whatever one is tested in language in which one is not fully proficient, test result will reflect one’s language proficiency as well as one’s accomplishment in whatever is been tested”. Center for Equity and Excellence in Education / Evaluation Assistance Center East (1996) p. 33.
More so, some of these students are not serious, ready and willing to learn some consider schooling as waste of time and prefer to be an apprentice. Some students’ nonchalant attitude and unseriousness can be seen when they refuse to participate in class activities, speak or express their feelings because of fear of mistake and the embarrassment that follow. Still on students’ attitude to learning English, some students hate / do not like their teachers. This may be for various reasons e.g because of the wrong notion they may have heard on the subject, his / her methodology.
Proceeding on the students’ attitude, non availability of learning materials e.g. textbook also brings about poor academic performance in English language.
Time management is also one of the deciding factors on students’ attitude to learning English Language. Some of these students even prior to or during their examination spend more time doing things that will not benefits them academically. For instance they still watch films for hours at the detriment of their studies.
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