Prof. F.N. Ofuani

The study investigated influence of English Language teaching methods on public secondary school students in Egor Local Government Area of Benin City. The design adopted for this study is the descriptive survey method. Three (3) research questions were raised for the study. The population of this study consisted of all the English Language secondary school teachers in Egor Local Government Area of Benin City. A total of sixty (60) English Language teachers were randomly selected as the sample size from eight (8) public secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Benin City. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents. The research instrument used was validated by experts in the Department of Educational Foundations. Data collected from the survey were statistically analyzed. After analysis, results were displayed on tables showing frequencies, percentages, mean scores and standard deviations of responses, including the decisions made. Based on the findings, it was discovered that the majority of the teachers in Egor Local Government Area of Benin City mostly make use of the communicative language teaching method to teach English Language, the teachers need to adopt varying teaching methods in a lesson in order to achieve their goal in the class, etc. Following the findings, some
recommendations were made on how to ensure adequate use of language teaching methods in public secondary school in Egor Local Government Area of Benin City. It was recommended that there is strenuous supervision of academic activities in secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Benin City by both internal and external authorities, workshops be organized for teachers of English to refresh their language teaching skills and enable them also, to be up-to-date on the traditional and modern language teaching methods, etc.

The study investigated influence of English Language teaching
methods on public secondary school students in Egor Local Government
Area of Benin City. The design adopted for this study is the descriptive
survey method. Three (3) research questions were raised for the study. The population of this study consisted of all the English Language
secondary school teachers in Egor Local Government Area of Benin City. A
total of sixty (60) English Language teachers were randomly selected as the
sample size from eight (8) public secondary schools in Egor Local
Government Area of Benin City. A structured questionnaire was used to
collect data from respondents. The research instrument used was validated
by experts in the Department of Educational Foundations. Data collected
from the survey were statistically analyzed. After analysis, results were
displayed on tables showing frequencies, percentages, mean scores and
standard deviations of responses, including the decisions made. Based on the findings, it was discovered that the majority of the
teachers in Egor Local Government Area of Benin City mostly make use of
the communicative language teaching method to teach English Language, the teachers need to adopt varying teaching methods in a lesson in order to
achieve their goal in the class, etc. Following the findings, some
recommendations were made on how to ensure adequate use of language
teaching methods in public secondary school in Egor Local Government
Area of Benin City. It was recommended that there is strenuous supervision
of academic activities in secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area
of Benin City by both internal and external authorities, workshops be
organized for teachers of English to refresh their language teaching skills
and enable them also, to be up-to-date on the traditional and modern
language teaching methods, etc.