Volume 13, Issue 2A and 2B, 2025

A Survey of Current Practices in the Teaching Methods of Reading Comprehension Among Junior Secondary Schools in Lagos State

Crowntney Olugbenga Emmanuel, Okebukola Foluso. O & Olaniyan-Shobowale Khadijat. O

Abstract

The consistent failure rate in English language by students at the Senior
Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSCE) is largely traceable to the
teaching methods employed by the teachers (conventional teaching method).
This study explores sets out to explore the current practices adopted by English
teachers in the teaching of reading comprehension. Two research objectives
guided the study while two research questions were raised and answered. The
population for this research comprised the entire public Upper Basic II
Education Students in Lagos State. A total of 159 students were sampled using
the simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was
a standardized test items titled “Students’ Achievement Test on Reading
Comprehension” (SATRC). The data obtained were analyzed using
descriptive statistic means, frequency count, standard deviation and multiple
Analysis of Co-Variance (MANCOVA). Results revealed that students have
been taught in schools with the conventional teaching method. It also revealed
that the performance of students is highly related to their acquisition of
knowledge based on the teaching method (conventional teaching method) they
were exposed to. It was concluded on the recommendation that government
educational stakeholders should implement more result oriented teaching
methods. Also,, that constant seminars/ trainings be organized for teachers
towards keeping them abreast of the current teaching methods..

Keywords

Current Practices, Reading Comprehension, Students’ Perception, survey and Teaching.

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