The Use of Extensive Reading in Promoting Communication in JHS Class: A Case of St. Joseph Practice JHS 1 Students

Abstract

Extensive reading is a careful cognitive effort that allows individuals to decode the words on paper to extract meaning. The study was carried out to investigate the impact of Extensive Reading in Promoting Communication in JHS classes using St. Joseph Practice JHS in Tano South District of the Bono Ahafo of Ghana for the study. To achieve this aim, the following objectives were laid out to ascertain the teacher's awareness of the benefits of extensive reading and determine the techniques/strategies teachers employ to promote extensive reading for communication in St. Joseph Practice JHS 1. The research design used in this report is descriptive design, utilizing a questionnaire method to obtain information from the respondents for this project. Primary data were collected from the primary source, which questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection, while secondary data were sources from textbooks, journals, newspapers and the internet. The data were presented in qualitative. Extensive reading is a useful strategy for students to improve their communication. The study provides other researchers with some reliable instruments, action procedures, and experimental findings for use in future research. To the researcher's knowledge, there are no studies about the effect of extensive reading on communication in St. Joseph Practice JHS in Tano South District of the Bono Ahafo. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that there is the need to enact a policy that encourages the construction of ultra-modern libraries in the District, especially Bechem, where St. Joseph Practice JHS is located to improve communication of the students, provision of relevant information resources and, qualified librarians to run such libraries and parents should encourage their children and wards to read at home and watch children educational television programmes.