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TEACHING ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION: PEDAGOGY AND PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ADO-EKITI, NIGERIA

*DEJI-AFUYE, Oladunni O.
(PRINCIPAL LECTURER)
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL STUDIES,
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
IKERE-EKITI
08067206474, [email protected]

and

 OBADARE, Felicia T.
(PRINCIPAL LECTURER)
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL STUDIES,
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
IKERE-EKITI
[email protected]

 Abstract

This study investigated the pedagogy and performance in teaching English for communication in secondary schools in Ekiti State. The study adopted qualitative and quasi-experimental design of test-retest method. A sample of 150 students participated in the experiment. The study was conducted in three secondary schools in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. Using purposive random sampling technique, 75 students were selected for experimental and control groups respectively. Questionnaire and self-structured tests were used as instruments for data collection. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentage frequency count and mean to provide answer to the research questions and inferential statistics such as Pearson Product Moment Correlation for test of hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed the methods commonly used by English language teachers as direct method, grammar translation method, total physical response method and lexical approach among others. These methods were found to be teacher-centered and do not enhance students’ better performance in English communication. It was therefore recommended that regular seminars, workshops and conferences should be organized for teachers on how to use communicative teaching method and motivate students’ classroom participation through purposeful class activities.

Key Words: Communication, Pedagogy, Performance, English Method, Language Teaching.

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