Availability and Use of ICT in the Teaching and Learning of English Pronouns in the Junior Secondary Schools in Ideato North L.G.A Imo State, Nigeria

Abstract

Our social world is trending on a super highway, so every conscious knowledge or education has to key in, in order not to be crawling behind scheme of real world realities, where everything about the experiential world has been digitalized. So, the knowledge of the digital technology has become important in the teaching and learning in our schools. This study focuses on the use of ICT in the teaching and learning of the English Pronouns in secondary schools, and also its availability to achieving its pedagogical essence. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 1,344. Simple random technique was used to select five schools out of the nine Junior Secondary Schools in the area. The sample of 400 respondents was used. Test re-test method was used to ascertain the reliability of the study. The instrument used was structured questionnaire which was made with reference to research questions. The research findings revealed that there is no available ICT for the teaching and learning of English pronouns in Ideato North Junior Secondary Schools, the use of ICT in the teaching and learning of English pronouns motivates and hold the interest of the learners, commands effective class control, and encourages retention of the learning outcome. English teachers of The JSS classes have little or no knowledge of the use of ICT for the teaching and learning of English pronouns. Other challenging such as poor electric supply impedes the use of ICT in the teaching and learning of English pronouns. Recommendation were made as follows: the curriculum planners should prescribe the required ICT facilities for the teaching and learning of the English language; the Government to provide adequate ICT for the teaching of English language; regular inspection and supervision should be conducted at intervals; provision of in-service training; seminars; workshops… for the teachers on ICT and to adopt ICT studies with adequate practical works in the teachers training colleges.