STRATEGIES TEACHERS OF ENGLISH USE TO TEACH SPELLING TO PRIMARY FOUR PUPILS IN JOS NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PLATEAU STATE

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to identify the various strategies for teaching spelling of English word to primary four pupils in Jos North L.G.A of Plateau State. The research study identified different spelling strategies that teachers use to instruct pupils like the visual, morphology, phonemic awareness, Etymology, word family, compound words, Homophones concentration, look, say, cover, write and check, self-correction strategies and others. Summary of relevant literature was extensively reviewed. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. Primary data was generated through structured questionnaire. The population of this study was English language teachers in public primary schools within Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. In this study the researcher adopted a stratified random sampling technique. The research instrument was validated by expert from English Education unit from the department of Arts Education and one expert from Measurement and Evaluation unit all from the Faculty of Education of this university while the reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of test-retest method. The research questions were analyzed using descriptive statistics for answering research questions. Findings provided insights into the different strategies used in teaching primary pupils the spellings of English words, covering both simple and difficult words.