ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF VISUAL MEDIA FOR TEACHING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN UPPER BASIC SCHOOLS IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF VISUAL MEDIA FOR TEACHING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN UPPER BASIC SCHOOLS IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
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2023-04
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OWOEYE, Susan Yemisi
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The study was carried out to assess the availability and utilization of visual media for teaching of English Language in upper basic schools in Kogi State, Nigeria. The study is guided by three (3) objectives which are to ascertain the relevance of visual media usage, determine the availability of visual media and assess the utilization of visual media resource available for teaching and learning English language in Upper Basic Schools in the study. The objectives of the study were transformed into three research questions and three hypotheses. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population of the study was 4,966 students which is made up of 2,618 male students and 2,348 female students. The sample size for the study was 351 respondents distributed using simple random technique. The instrument for the study was a closed-end questionnaire designed in four (4) likert scale or format in line with each research objectives. The pilot tested instrument achieved a reliability score of 0.729 approximate to 0.73 using Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient. The finds of the study revealed that three is no significant different in the relevance of visual media usage in teaching English language with p-value 0.0647 P alpha 0.05. also, there is a significant difference in the availability of visual media usage in teaching English language (P-value = 0.003 < p-alpha 0.05) and there is a significant difference in the utilization of visual media in teaching English language (p-value = 0.002 < p – alpha 0.05). The study concludes that the visual media instructional tools available for teaching English language is underutilized thereby impacting significant effective teaching of the subject by teachers as well as learning by the students in the study area. The study recommends that the usage of available visual media for teaching and learning of English language should be made compulsory for the teacher so as to impact on learning and performance of the students in the study area positively. Also, regular training, and workshops should be conducted for the teachers in newer teaching techniques using visual media for teaching English language to keep them abreast with advances and improvement in the teaching of English language using visual media.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS AND CURRICULUM, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA