Podcast And Senior Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in Oral English in Oyigbo LGA of Rivers State

Ngwu; Martina Nnenna PhD; Ogah; Isaac Eguarkhide PhD

doi:10.56201/rjhcs.v11.no1.2025.pg62.71

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Podcast And Senior Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in Oral English in Oyigbo LGA of Rivers State

Ngwu, Martina Nnenna PhD, Ogah, Isaac Eguarkhide PhD

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The study investigated Podcast and its effect on senior secondary school students’ academic performance in Oral English in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers. Quasi- experimental design was adopted for the study because it dealt with human beings whose internal and external influences may not be under the control of the researcher and besides, subjects were assigned to groups based on non-random criteria. The population of the study was 688 senior secondary two students enrolled in 2015/2016 academic section. Sample size was 150 SS2 students selected through purposive sampling technique from two public schools in Oyigbo. A researcher Made Achievement Test titled ‘Oral English Achievement Test (OEAT)’ that contained thirty (30) multiple choice questions was validated with reliability index of 0.77 using test-retest method. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the research question while two-way Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study established Podcast as a digital instructional material that aroused and sustained interest of the students which brought about improvement in their performance in Oral English. It was recommended among others that our government should build digitally equipped laboratories in our secondary schools where the students will be taught Oral English using those tools to enable them learn effectively.

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Podcast And Senior Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in Oral English in Oyigbo LGA of Rivers State

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