EFFECTS OF GAME TECHNIQUE ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN ORAL ENGLISH IN NSUKKA EDUCATION ZONE

This study was carried our to find the effects of game technique and influence of gender on senior secondary school students’ achievement in Oral English in Nsukka Education Zone of Enugu State. Three research questions were generated and three null hypotheses formulated to guide the study. The research design used in the study was a quasi- experimental pretest, posttest, non-equivalent group design involving one experimental group and one control group. A total of (44 males and females) senior secondary class 11 students were used in the study. The instrument used for the study was a researcher-constructed 60 objective tests in Oral English. An internal consistency reliability coefficient was determined for the 60 objective questions in Oral English using K-R 20. The internal consistency estimate obtained was 0.86, which is considered high. Pretest and posttest from the study were administered to the experimental and control groups. The data generated from the study were analyzed using the mean, standard deviation and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). It was found that there was a significant effect of game technique on senior secondary school students’ achievement in Oral English. Also, gender had no significant influence in the mean achievement scores of students in Oral English. Some recommendations were made based on the findings.