In the process, the presence and/ or effect of Pidgin English in the students’ speaking competency will be identified.

The school examination scripts were graded. An essay is said to be good if it scores high in all of the above. These are content, expression, organization and mechanical accuracy. There are four criteria for the measurement of performance in writing as stipulated by WAEC. The analysis will demonstrated with tables using SPSS – Statistical Package for Social Science. Descriptive survey will be used for the study. The following objectives will be used for the study Find out the extent of Pidgin English usage among secondary schools in Kwara state, determine the factors that inform students’ usage of Pidgin in secondary schools in Kwara state, ascertain the extent of harm done by Pidgin English on the speaking competency of secondary school students in Kwara state and find out ways to mitigate the effects of Pidgin English on Standard English usage among secondary schools students in Kwara state. The study will investigate the effects of the use of pidgin English on speaking competency of students of senior secondary school.

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