Impact of Availability of Audio-Visual Instructional Resources and French Students’ Learning Outcomes in Abak Local Government Area

Abstract

The study examined the impact of availability of audio-visual instructional resources and French students’ learning outcomes in Abak local government area. In order to carry out this study, specified research objectives were drawn from which null hypotheses were formulated and used for the study. The research design for this study is a survey design. The population of the study consisted of consisted of five thousand three hundred and seventy nine (5379) Senior Secondary Schools in Abak Local Government Area. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 250 respondents out of the population. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. The instrument was validated by experts in Test and Measurement. Crombach Alpha reliability technique was used for testing the reliability of the instrument. Data from completed questionnaires was subjected to t-test analysis. The finding showed and concludes that there is significant influence of availability of visual aids and students’ learning outcomes in French in Senior Secondary Schools in Abak Local Government Area. Based on the findings and conclusions of this study, it was recommended that since teacher quality was significantly related to students’ achievement in learning outcomes in French, teachers should possess the requisite qualifications before being recruited to teach. Furthermore, the French teachers should adopt better teaching strategies during the teaching-learning process. That the search light of blame on poor audio visual aids in teaching French should be re-focused on areas such as poor language laboratory classes, home-task given and preparation/utility teaching aids by the audio visual aids in teaching French.