Influence Of Pidgin On Student’s Achievement In English Essay Writing In Delta North Education Zone

Abstract

The study assessed the influence of Pidgin on student’s achievement in English Essay writing in Delta North Education Zone. Three research questions and three hypotheses were adopted for the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. The target population of the study was 15,018 secondary school students in 121 secondary schools in Delta North Education Zone of Delta State. Taro Yamene’s formula was used to derive 390 respondents that served as sample of the study. Data were collected from respondents using English Language question for WASSCE 2018 and 2019. Pearson product moment correlation was used to analyze the research question and test the hypotheses. The result revealed that speaking of Pidgin by students did not negatively influence their achievement in English language essay writing. It was found that speaking Pidgin English did not negatively influence male and female students and those in urban and rural achievement in English language essay writing. The study concluded that speaking pidgin speaking should be ruled out as a factor that influences negatively students’ achievement in English language essay writing. The study recommended among others that ICT facilities should be made adequately available by administration of Secondary school teachers and administrators should allow the students to feel free in communicating with Pidgin in the classrooms, since Pidgin speaking does not influence significantly their achievement in English language essay writing.