Análisis comparativo de los resultados obtenidos

For the sentence stress, six sentences were administered on the twelve respondents. This is to show the difficulties exhibited by our male and female respondents in the use of the English stress in these sentences.

Sentence Examples of English Stress 1. The king is leaving his palace today.

2. She was punished in the presence of her mother.

3. Shut the windows and lock the door.

4. The teacher needs the blackboard to write the summary of his lecture.

5. The rich is getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

6. Where are the prophets of the old?

The data presented below revealed the difficulties encountered by our male and female respondents in Enugu and Ebonyi in the use of stress on sentences. The words written in capital letters show the words that stress falls on as used by our respondents. The voices were recorded and at the end of the recording, the tape recorder was played back and the readers’ voices transcribed by the researcher. Male respondents take the odd numbers ̶ 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, while female respondents take the even numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. The males and females are placed side by side for easy assessment.

Male Respondent 1 Female Respondent 2

1. THE KING is LEAVING HIS 1. THE KING is LEAVING his PALACE PALACE TODAY. TODAY.

2. HE WAS PUNISHED in the 2. he was PUNished in the PRESENCE of his PRESENCE of his MOTHER. MOTHER.

3. SHOT the WINDOWS and 3. SHOT the WINDOWS and LOCK the DOOR.

LOCK the DOOR

4. THE TEACHER NEEDS the 4. the TEACHER NEEDS the BLACKBOARD BLACKBOARD to WRITE the to WRITE the SUMMARY of his LECTURE.

SUMMARY of his LECTURE.

5. THE RICH is GETTING RICHER and 5. THE RICH is GETTING RICHER and the THE POOR GETTING POORER. POOR GETTING POORER.

6. WHERE are the PROPHETS of OLD? 6. WHERE are the PROPHETS of OLD?

Male Respondent 3 Female Respondent 4

1. THE KING is LEAVING his 1. THE KING is LEAVING his PALACE PALACE TODAY. TODAY.

2. HE WAS PUNISHED in the 2. he was PUNISHED in the PRESENCE of his PRESENCE of his MOTHER. MOTHER.

3. SHOT THE WINDOWS and 3. SHOT the WINDOWS and LOCK THE DOOR.

LOCK THE DOOR.

4. THE TEACHER NEEDS the 4. THE TEACHER NEEDS the BLACKBOARD BLACKBOARD to WRITE THE to WRITE the SUMMARY of his LECTURE.

SUMMARY of his LECTURE.

5. THE RICH is GETTING RICHER and 5. THE RICH is GETTING RICHER and the THE POOR GETTING POORER. POOR GETTING POORER.

6. WHERE are the PROPHETS of OLD? 6. WHERE are the PROPHETS of OLD?

Male Respondent 5 Female Respondent 6

1. THE KING is LEAVING HIS 1. the KING is LEAving his PALace PALACE TODAY. TODAY.

2. HE WAS PUNISHED in the 2. he was PUNished in the PRESence of his PRESENCE of his MOTHER. MOther.

3. SHOT THE WINDOWS and 3. SHOT the WINdows and LOCK the LOCK the DOOR. DOOR.

4. THE TEACHER NEEDS the 4. the TEAcher NEEDS the BLACKboard BLACKBOARD TO WRITE the to WRITE the SUMmary of his LECture.

SUMMARY of his LECTURE.

5. THE RICH is GETTING RICHER and 5. the RICH is GETting RIcher and the THE POOR GETTING POORER. POOR GETting POOrer.

6. WHERE ARE the PROPHETS of OLD? 6. WHERE are the PROphets of OLD?

Male Respondent 7 Female Respondent 8

1. THE KING IS LEAVING HIS 1. THE KING is LEAVING his PALACE PALACE TODAY. TODAY.

2. HE WAS PUNISHED in the 2. he was PUNISHED in the PRESENCE of his PRESENCE of his MOTHER. MOTHER.

3. SHOT THE WINDOWS and 3. SHOT the WINDOWS and LOCK THE LOCK the DOOR. DOOR.

4. the TEACHER NEEDS the 4. the TEACHER NEEDS the BLACKBOARD BLACKBOARD to WRITE the to WRITE the SUMMARY of his

SUMMARY of his LECTURE. LECTURE.

5. THE RICH is GETTING RICHER and 5. the RICH is GETTING RICHER and the POOR GETTING POORER. THE POOR GETTING POORER.

6. WHERE are the PROPHETS of OLD? 6. WHERE are the PROPHETS of OLD?

Male Respondent 9 Female Respondent 10

1. the KING is LEAving his PALace 1. THE KING is LEAVING his PALACE toDAY. TODAY.

2. he was PUNished in the 2. he was PUNISHED in the PRESENCE OF his PRESence of his MOther. MOTHER.

3. SHOT the WINdows and 3. SHOT the WINDOWS and LOCK the LOCK the DOOR. DOOR.

4. the TEAcher NEEDS the 4. the TEACHER NEEDS the BLACKBOARD BLACKboard to WRITE the to WRITE the SUMMARY of his LECTURE.

SUMmary of his LECture.

5. THE RICH is GETting RIcher and 5. THE RICH is GETTING RICHER and the the POOR GETting POOrer. POOR GETTING POORER.

6. WHERE are the PROphets of OLD? 6. WHERE are THE PROPHETS of OLD?

Male Respondent 11 Female Respondent 12

1. THE KING IS LEAVING HIS PALACE 1. the KING is LEAVing his PALace TODAY. toDAY.

2. HE WAS PUNISHED in the 2. he was PUNished in the PREsence of his PRESENCE OF HIS MOTHER. MOther.

3. SHOT THE WINDOWS AND 3. SHOT the WINdows and LOCK the LOCK THE DOOR. DOOR.

4. THE TEACHER NEEDS THE 4. the TEAcher NEEDS the BLACKboard BLACKBOARD to WRITE the to WRITE the SUMmary of his lecture.

SUMMARY of his LECTURE.

5. THE RICH is GETTING RICHER and 5. the RICH is GETting RIcher and the THE POOR GETTING POORER. POOR GETting POOrer.

6. WHERE ARE THE PROPHETS OF OLD? 6. WHERE are the PROphets of OLD?

The Correct Sentence Stress Placement by the Control Group 1. The KING is LEAving his PALace toDAY.

2. She was PUNished in the PRESence of her MOther.

3. SHUT the WINdows and LOCK the DOOR.

4. The TEAcher NEEDS the BLACKboard to WRITE the SUMmary of his LECture.

5. The RICH is GETting RIcher and the POOR GETting POOrer.

6. WHERE are the PROphets of OLD?

Comparison of Respondents’ Sentence Stress Placements with Correct Stress Placements The respondents’ stress placements and the correct stress are presented in the table below so as to compare the inherent stress placements of the control group with the respondents’ stress placement. Serial numbers 1 ̶ 6 represent the six sentences tested for the sentence stress. The scores under the observed stress represent the number of words that stress falls on as used by the respondents. The scores under the expected stress represent the number of words that stress falls on as used by our control group. Usually, the male respondents take the odd numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 while the female respondents take the even numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. From the comparison, a conclusion is made between the male and female genders whose speeches are mostly devoid of correct English stress patterns.

Table 4.3.24 Summary of Stress Production on Spontaneous Speech for Male and Female Respondents

Male Respon- dents

Observed Stress Frequency

Expected Stress Frequency

Difference O-E

Female Respon-

dents

Observed Stress Frequency

Expected Stress Frequency

Difference O-E

R1 33 26 7 R2 28 26 2

R3 36 26 10 R4 30 26 4

R5 36 26 10 R6 26 26 0

R7 33 26 7 R8 29 26 3

R9 27 26 1 R10 30 26 4

R11 43 26 17 R12 26 26 0

TOTAL 208 52 169 13