INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF ORAL APPROACH AND SITUATIONAL LANGUAGE TEACHING ON COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GUSAU METROPOLIS ZAMFARA STATE

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the Effect of Oral Approach and Situational Language Teaching on communicative Competence of Secondary School Students in Gusau Metropolis Zamfara State. Pretest-post-test quasi-experimental research design was used. The population of the study was 19,094 and four intact classes comprised 230 SS I students were drawn from the population. The instrument of the study was an adapted oral test version of English Language Speaking Test (ELST) and it was tagged Student Communicative Competence in English Test (SCCIET). It was validated by the experts in Language Education at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. The modified SCCIET was pilot tested for two weeks. After test-retest, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) was computed and coefficient of r = 0.82 was established. Three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 levels of significance. T-test was used in testing all the three null hypotheses. After testing, all the three null hypotheses were rejected. The findings showed that Experimental group performed better than control group in English communicative competence. The study recommended the use of Oral Approach and Situational Language Teaching to teach students because it develops proficiency in English language speaking skills and reduce the level of speaking anxiety.