EFFECTS OF TEACHING LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS USING AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS ON STUDENTS’ ORAL ENGLISH PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATE
EFFECTS OF TEACHING LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS USING AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS ON STUDENTS’ ORAL ENGLISH PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATE
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2011-09
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DOPEMU, Elizabeth Adesomon
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Abstract
The study focused on the effects of teaching listening and speaking skills using audio
visual materials on students’ oral English performance in senior secondary schools in
Kano State. Three research questions were developed and answered in line with what the
study sought to find out. Also three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at the
probability of 0.05 levels of significance. The study made use of Students’ Listening
Comprehension Test (SLICOT) instrument to determine students’ entry level in listening
comprehension and their level of attainment in listening comprehension. Thereafter, they
were subjected to treatment for 6 weeks using recorded lessons on tape recorder and
flashcards. The instrument (SLICOT) was developed from the review of related literature
and was used for the treatment of the respondents. The instrument (SLICOT) was face
validated by three experts in English language and to ensure reliability of the items, they
were pilot tested in two (2) senior secondary schools outside the selected schools within
the study area. The entire population for the study was 131,589 students obtained from
six (6) senior secondary schools selected from the study area with gender biasness (3
male schools and 3 female schools). Five hundred and six (506) respondents were
sampled out of the total population using simple random sampling technique. The data
collected for the study were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) to answer the
research questions as well as testing the null hypotheses. The findings of the study
revealed that there was significant difference in the performance of respondents (males
and females) subjected to treatment using audio visual materials (radio and tape recorder)
in teaching listening comprehension. It was also discovered that there was no significant
difference between the urban and rural respondents when subjected to treatment using
audio visual materials in teaching listening comprehension. It was recommended that
audio-visual resources should be used in conjunction with oral communication to
enhance effective teaching and learning of listening and speaking skills at senior
secondary school level. The government should enforce the use of audio-visual resources
such as audio cassettes, tape recorder and flash cards in our various secondary schools
across the nation. This could be enhanced by building language laboratories in our
secondary schools.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR AWARD OF MASTERS IN EDUCATION, CURRICULUM AND
INSTRUCTION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA.
Keywords
EFFECTS,, TEACHING,, LISTENING,, SPEAKING,, SKILLS,, AUDIO VISUAL,, MATERIALS,, STUDENTS,, ORAL,, ENGLISH,, PERFORMANCE,, SENIOR,, SECONDARY,, SCHOOLS,, KANO,, STATE,