Original article | International Journal of Language and Education Research 2023, Vol. 5(2) 37-52
Instructors’ Competence in English Phonics and Outcome on Instruction and Reading skills of Pupils in Buea and Yaoundé, Cameroon
Nicoline Agbor Tabe
pp. 37 - 52 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijler.2023.591.2 | Manu. Number: MANU-2303-13-0007
Published online: August 30, 2023 | Number of Views: 41 | Number of Download: 220
Abstract
This paper looks at lower primary instructor’s competence in English phonics and outcome on phonics instruction and reading skills of pupils. The instrument used for data collection was a a pre- test before a pedagogic workshop on the teaching of phonics to lower primary school instructors in Buea and Yaounde to find out the teachers’ level in phonics and establish whether the teachers had the need for the workshop. Through the use of a five item test, the instrument was administered and data elicited from some primary one and two teachers in said towns in Cameroon. A total number of 43 teachers took the test in Buea while 48 others sat for the test in Yaoundé making a total of 91 teachers. Findings showed some teachers lack of competence in key issues in phonics such as sound blending, sound segmentation and sound identification and counting which will obviously produces a negative learning outcome and impact reading skills of pupils they are teaching.
Keywords: Instructors, competence, phonics instruction, outcome, reading skills.
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