AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ON THE OFFICE TECHNOLOGIST WRITING PROFICIENY IN SHORTHAND (A CASE STUDY OF DELTA STATE POLYTECHNIC, OZORO)

The states of English language in Nigeria has not engages a commensurate development of language in the school system of Delta state Polytechnic Ozoro. That the student of office technology and management especially, do not have adequate functional competence in the language is attested to buy the rate of failure in the terminal senior secondary school examinations and the low level of performance in the general English/ use of English programs in the tertiary institutions in Nigeria to mention just two instances. This study therefore investigates the assessment of the effect of good knowledge of the use of English language on the office technologist proficiency in shorthand (A case study of Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro).