ABSTRACT
English language being a universal language has attained its place in every aspect of life and
education sector is no exception. Inclusion of English language as a compulsory subject in
School Education vividly illustrate the importance of the English language for man which will
later enable them to cope with life challenges. This study focused on investigating the
effectiveness of phonic and syllabic method to teach English language to Junior High School
Students and to explore the impact of the phonic and syllabic method on developing reading,
writing, listening or speaking skills of the Pupil of Kronum M/A JHS. The researcher put the
work into five chapters with each chapter related to the other. Chapter one mainly deals with
the introduction which covers areas such as background to the study, statement of the problem,
research questions and significance of the study, delimitation, limitation and finally
organization of the study. Chapter two deals with the literature review. This chapter provides
support for concepts and skills of English Language, the theories of language acquisition,
phonic methods and syllabic methods that has employed aimed at overcoming the difficulties
pupils face in pronunciation, speaking and spelling of words. Chapter three is about
methodology. It describes population and sample selection, development of research
instrument, data collection procedure and analysis plan. Chapter four deals with results finding
and discussion of results whereas chapter five deals with summary, conclusion, suggestion for
further research, recommendation and referencing
