English language teachers’ attitude and challenges to utilization of improvised teaching materials in Anambra State Secondary Schools

Abstract

The study investigated English Language teachers’ attitude and challenges to utilization of improvised teaching materials in Anambra State secondary schools. The area of study was Anambra State. The study was guided by two research questions and two research hypotheses. The design of the study was descriptive survey. A sample of one hundred and twenty-six (126) teachers were drawn from the six education zones in the state comprising of seventy-nine (79) female and forty-seven (47) male. To select this number of teachers, the researcher adopted simple random sampling technique using hat and draw method. A structured questionnaire with four-point scale was used as the instrument for data collection. The validation of the instrument was carried out by three experts – two experts in measurement and evaluation and one expert in English Language. The reliability of the instrument was 0.76 using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Data analysis was done using mean and standard deviation for the research questions and the t-test statistic for the hypotheses. Results of the analysis indicated that there is no significant difference in the attitude of male and female English language teachers towards utilization of improvised teaching materials in secondary schools in Anambra State. There is significant difference in the challenges to utilization of improvised teaching materials by male and female English  language teachers in Anambra State Secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made. Prominent among them is that Federal and State Government should arrange training and workshops for English language teachers on improvisation and utilization of improvised teaching materials.

Keywords: Attitude, Challenges, Improvisation and Utilization