INFLUENCE OF IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT ON PUPILS’ SPEAKING SKILLS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN IREPODUN LGA KWARA STATE

Abstract

One of the problems encountered by learners of English as second Language is pronunciation problemInfluence of Immediate Environment on Pupils’ Speaking Skills in English Language in Primary Schools in Irepodun LGA Kwara State. Two research questions were raised to guide the research. A descriptive survey research design was adopted used for the study. The population for the study comprised of all the primary schools in Irepodun Local Government Area of kwara State, which was about one hundred and sixty-eight (168) as at the time of writing this project. The sample of 240 teachers randomly selected across Forty-Eight (48) primary schools that represent 30% of the total school population in Irepodun Local Government of Kwara State. The research instrument was a set of questionnaires titled the influence of language of immediate environment on pupils speaking skills in English (LEIQ) which was used to obtain information for the study, reliability level of the instrument was 0.76 which was arrived at with the use of Cronbach alpha. The data collected was analyzed using frequency count, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The findings indicate that the influence of language of immediate environment on pupils’ pronunciation is positive (mean = 3.08,p.> 0.05). it was concluded that the influence of the language of immediate environment on pupils speaking skills is positive in the study area. It was recommended that learners should be encouraged to listen more to people who are fluent in English Language, teachers should organize debate on regular bases where other learners can reasonably argue their points so that necessary corrections can be made on their spoken habit, practicing constant correction of their mistakes themselves among others.