RETRAINING NEEDS OF ENGLISH STUDIES TEACHERS IN GWAGWALADA AND KWALI AREA COUNCILS OF FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, NIGERIA

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the training needs of English language teachers implementing the new English studies curriculum in the Upper primary Schools of Gwagwalada and Kwali Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all English language teachers in the 38 primary schools the two Area Councils. Four research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The instrument used, for data collection was 53 items of the questionnaire. The reliability coefficient was found to be 0.74 using Kudar Richardson (K-R21) Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at.05 level of significance. The study found out that English language teachers need training on the Reading, Listening and Speaking, Grammatical Accuracy and Writing skills as concepts in English studies curriculum for their performance in teaching. The study further revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean ratings of the responses of male and female English studies teachers on the perceived importance and expressed performance of relevant skills and knowledge in English studies curriculum. Consequently, it was recommended that the Education Secretariat in the Area Councils should provide an opportunity for training of English studies teachers to enable them to achieve perceived importance and expressed performance of teaching relevant skills and knowledge required of them