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

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.