PROBLEMS AND STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING ENGLISH LANGUAGE READING DIFFICULTIES AMONG PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN AGUATA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE

This study investigated problems and strategies for reducing English language reading difficulties among pre-primary school children in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The population consist of all the teachers in the seventy- four [74] pre- primary schools in the fourteen [14] towns of the local government area .The data collected showed a total population of 222 teachers in the 74 schools. The research sampled 10 towns using simple random sampling techniques. well structured questionnaire was distributed among the Students, Findings of the study were analyzed using mean and the result shows that it was discovered lack of phonemic awareness ,limited vocabulary ,inexperienced ,inadequate material ,learning difficulties ,language barrier are the problems of English language reading in pre-primary school difficulty in comprehension .personality Decoding Issues problems with sounding out words are the possible causes of these reading difficulties , Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made, such as The government should enforce that of only specialist teachers in pre-primary schools in the study area. The provision of language activities (such as discussion, conversation, explanation, storytelling, dramatization, giving direction among others) should be imbibed by the teachers of their level of education system for the instruction of children at that level.