EFFECTS OF COMMUNICATIVE TEACHING METHOD ON THE PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

(A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA)

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ABSTRACT
The study on the Effects of Communicative Teaching method on the performance of Students in English Language in Junior Secondary School in Kaduna State, Nigeria was specifically aimed at determining the effect of Interactive Teaching Technique which is one of the Communicative Teaching methods on the performance in English Language of the JSS Students. The research work sought to find out if there was a significant difference or no significant difference in the performance of students in English Language when taught using interactive teaching techniques in JSS. This research work had four objectives. To determine the effects of interactive teaching techniques on students? performance in English Language in Junior Secondary Schools. To determine the effects of interactive teaching techniques on the performance of male/female students taught using interactive teaching techniques in English Language in Junior Secondary School. To determine the effects of school type on the performance of students taught using interactive teaching technique in English Language in Junior Secondary Schools. To determine the effects of school location on the performance of students taught using interactive teaching technique in English Language in Junior Secondary Schools. This research work had four corresponding questions and hypotheses. The duration of the research work was eleven weeks. The scope of this study is communicative method, but specifically interactive teaching techniques. John Dewey?s theory of learning by doing is the theoretical framework for the study. An English Language Performance Test was designed and administered to both the control and experimental groups in the four schools. They were assessed before and after the study was carried out. The pilot study for this research was conducted at G.G.S.S. Kabala Costain and the actual study was conducted G.G.S.S Doka, G.D.S.S Kakuri, G.D.S.S. Kujama and G.T.C Kajuru all in Kaduna state. A total of 205 students participated in the study. Experimental group was made of 100 students while control group was 105. The analysis of the data collected was done using appropriate tools in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 20th Edition. The study find out that students taught English Language in JSS in Kaduna state using Interactive Teaching Techniques performed better than those taught without the techniques.