EFFECTS OF PAIR-WORK COMMUNICATIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES ON WRITTEN ENGLISH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JSS 2 STUDENTS IN KADUNA SOUTH LGA OF KADUNA STATE

Abstract

This study investigated effect of pair-work communicative teaching strategy among JSS students’ written English performance in Kaduna South LGA Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was guided by one research question and one hypothesis. One group pre-test post-test experimental design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consists of JS two students from government secondary schools in Kaduna South LGA of Kaduna State. A sample of twenty-five students from Kaduna south secondary school (Government Junior Secondary school Kakuri was selected through purposive sampling technique. The instrument tagged “English Language Performance Test (ELPT) was conducted. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions while (pair sample t-test) was used to test the hypothesis. Findings from the study revealed that there was statistically significant difference in the mean performance scores of students taught written English using pair-work communicative teaching strategy before and after treatment in junior secondary school in Kaduna South LGA of Kaduna State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that English language teachers should utilize a pair-work communication teaching strategy to enhance students’ writing achievement.