ASSESSMENT OF USE OF RESOURCES AND TECHNIQUES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ORAL ENGLISH STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONDO STATE

Abstract

The study identified the resources and techniques used in teaching and learning of Oral English in public senior secondary schools of Ondo state and examined the influence of Oral English teaching techniques and resources on performance of students in the selected schools. The study adopted the survey research design. The population for the study comprised students and teachers in public senior secondary schools in Ondo State. One Local Government Area (LGAs) was selected from each of the three senatorial districts in Ondo State. Four public schools were selected from each of the three LGAs using simple random sampling technique, making a total number of 12 schools. One intact class of SSS II students in each school was selected using simple random sampling techniques and their Oral English teachers were purposively selected which comprising 344 students and 12 teachers, making a total of 356 respondents. Three research instruments were used: Teachers’ Techniques and Resources Used Questionnaire (TTRUQ), Student Words Transcription Question Sample (SWTQS) and Techniques and Resources Used in Classroom Activity Checklist (TRUCAC). The data collected was analysed using frequency counts, percentage, mean, analysis of Variance and linear regression analysis. The findings of the study showed that the teachers used different techniques in the teaching and learning of Oral English in public senior secondary schools in Ondo State. The techniques include; use of different activities ( = 3.92), helping students to explore different methods ( = 3.42) with the threshold of ( = 3.00). The resources that were used for the teaching and learning of Oral English include; school library 91.00%), specialised Oral English textbook (91.7%) and Charts for teaching Oral English (41.7%). Also, the findings revealed that there is a significant influence of oral English teaching techniques and resources on performance of students in the selected schools (f = 4.18, p < 0.05). The study also concluded that the use of adequate combination of both Oral English teaching techniques and resources will significantly enhance the performance of students in Oral English in the study area.