MISUSE OF ENGLISH PREPOSITION AMONG HAUSA LEARNERS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE: A CASE STUDY OF NCE 1 STUDENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FCE KONTOGORO

¹Ahmad Saidu, ²Ahmad M Bello, ²Shafayau Hassan, ²Abbas A Yahaya

¹Department of English, Federal College of Education Kontogora.

²Department of Chemistry, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto,

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ABSTRACT

This research evaluates the misuse of English prepositions among Hausa learners of English. English is today’s Lingua Franca, and its evolution is driven by the current demands for information and the need for global communication. This research aim to focuses on misuse of English prepositions among Hausa learners of English. A total number of fifty (50) questionnaires were given and received from the NCE 1 students of Department of English Language, FCE Kontogora. The questionnaires were analyzed based on the respondents. Despite the common notion that Hausa affects the use of English prepositions, the study revealed that most of the errors are intralingua errors that originate from the target language, English

Keywords; Preposition, Hausa, Learners, FCE Kontogora