ISSN: 2360-7866

 International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review
 

International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 7(2), pp. 21-27. April, 2019.

ISSN: 2360-7866

DOI: 10.14662/IJARER2019.025

Full Length Research

Teaching English for Communication: Pedagogy and Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

*DEJI-AFUYE, Oladunni O.  And OBADARE, Felicia T.

Department of General Studies, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.

E-mail:  dunnidejiafuye@gmail.com  (Corresponding author)

Accepted 3 April 2019

This study investigated the pedagogy and performance in teaching English for communication in secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. This 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. 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 there should be organization of regular seminars, workshops and conferences 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.

Cite This Article As: DEJI-AFUYE, O.O., OBADARE, F.T (2019). Teaching English for Communication: Pedagogy and Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Inter. J. Acad. Res. Educ. Rev. 7(2): 21-27