Availability and Utilization of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for Spoken English Teaching and Learning in South West Nigeria

Abstract

The English language plays a prominent role in education in Nigeria and the school provides the most viable formal setting in which it could be studied. This research attempts to identify the extent of utilisation of Information Communication Technology components in the teaching and learning of spoken English in selected private/public secondary schools in South West Nigeria. Twenty-five respondents each was selected from four public schools, 20 from two private schools and 20 English language teachers. These respondents responded to fifteen questions on required ICT facilities. Each respondent.s cumulative responses was calculated and converted to simple percentages. Findings from the public secondary schools overall responses revealed that majority of the ICT facilities that can facilitate spoken English lessons were not readily available nor utilised, with higher percentages of 90%, 92%, 96%, respectively attesting to their non availability and non-utilisation. For the private secondary schools though, some respondents attested to their availability but personal observation revealed that these facilities were scanty and not maximally utilised. This investigation concludes that there is the need for government and educational administrators in South West Nigeria to be ICT driven in order to enhance a better performance and achieve international intelligibility for Nigerian spoken English.

Key words: Information Communication Technology, Teaching and  Learning, Intelligible, Spoken English, Availability and Utilisation, South  West Nigeria