Language Laboratory Availability and Usage as Predictors of Senior Secondary School Student Academic Achievement in Oral English in Ibadan Southwest Local Government Area, Oyo State, N

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine language laboratory availability and 
usage as predictors of senior secondary school students’ academic 
achievement in Oral English. The study used a questionnaire administered to 
two hundred randomly selected Senior Secondary School two (SSS2) students 
across five public and five private purposively sampled senior secondary schools 
in Ibadan South-West Local Government area for the research. The findings of 
the study revealed that the availability level of the language laboratory is very 
low whilst the usage level is negligible. Also, the proficiency level of the 
students in Ibadan South-West Local Government in Oral English is at an 
average level. It was also revealed that there is significant combined and 
relative influence of availability and usage of language laboratory on the 
academic achievement of the students in Oral English. There is no significant 
school type difference while gender differences in academic achievement of 
students in Oral English in Ibadan South-West Local Government area was 
significant. It is recommended that stakeholders should work towards providing at least one audio-active language laboratory in each of the senior 
secondary schools in Ibadan Southwest Local Government area. Trainings and 
workshops should also be organized in order to enhance adequate usage of the 
language laboratories.