AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ORUMBA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE

This study was carried out to ascertain the availability and utilization of instructional materials for teaching English language in public secondary schools in Orumba south Local Government Area of Anambra state. The population of the study consisted of 26 English language teachers from the 13 public secondary schools in Orumba south Local Government Area. The sample consisted of all the entire 26 teachers in public secondary school. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the work, the area of study was all government owned secondary schools in Orumba south Local Government Area of Anambra state. Four research questions guided the study. Questionnaire were use as the instrument for gathering data for the study. The analysis of the data was done using the mean. The findings indicate that: instructional materials for teaching English language to a great extent are not available in public secondary schools in Orumba south Local Government Area. Instructional materials are not utilized by English language teachers teaching English language. Unavailability of enough qualified English language teachers, language laboratories, modern gadgets and electricity, hinder the effective utilization of instructional materials. Organizing seminar for English language teachers, provision of electricity and language laboratories for schools, are the strategies to the problems militating against the use of instructional materials in Orumba south Local Government Area of Anambra state.