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Factors Affecting Students Performance In Shorthand
[A CASE STUDY OF IMT ENUGU]
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1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This
study is limited to one of the institutions of learning in Enugu
metropolis- this institution of management and technology IMT Enugu and
it emphasis on the negative factors affecting the student’s performance
in shorthand.
This investigation will also be limited to students of the department of Secretarial Administration IMT Enugu.
1.6 RESEARCH PROPOSITION In order to conduct this study, the following research question are formulate
1. Why is shorthand a problem course offered by secretarial studies?
2. Does background knowledge of English language contribute any quota to the learning of shorthand?
3. Does student attitude, belief, interest orientation have any influence in the mastery of the subject.
4. Does the method of teaching influence the understanding of shorthand?
5. What measurers can be adopted to improve student mastery of shorthand?
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
SHORTHAND: This is the art of representing spoken words by character or signs.
VOWELS:
These are sounds produced when the mouth passage is left so open as not
to course audible friction. When the mouth is left so open as not to
cause audible friction. We have twelve (12) simple vowels
DIPHTHONGS: These are two consecutive vowels pronounced in separate syllabus or separately pronounced.
TRIPTHONGS: This refers to a small tick attached to a diphthong representing any vowel immediately following the diphthong.
PERFORMANCE: This refers to the level of attainment of students in the art of learning shorthand.
RATE: It refers to a value measured by its relation to some other amount.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study investigated the factors affecting students’ performance in shorthand, a case study of institute of management and technology (IMT) Enugu. To give direction to this work, the researcher chronicled this work into five chapters with each deliberating on a specific part of a work. Chapter one concentrated on the introduction involving background and need for the study: statement of the problem, objectives of the study etc. Chapter two dealt on the review of literature work of emin ... Continue reading---
