HOME ENVIRONMENT AND GENDER OF STUDENTS AS PREDICTORS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE NIGERIAN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY

📄 Project Abstract

This study was designed to investigate home environment and gender of students as predictors of English Language achievement in Federal Capital Territory. Five research questions and six null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The design of the study was ex post-facto. The sample consisted of 434 SS2 students from ten sampled Senior Secondary schools out of the 52 Senior Secondary schools in Federal Capital Territory. Purposive random sampling technique was adopted to sample co-educational schools intended to take care of gender. Demographic questionnaire and FCT Unified Promotion Examination were used to collect data which was analysed using mean, standard deviation, Multiple Regression, ANOVA and t-test statistical tools. The total variance that accounted for the combined influence of all the predictor variables (parental level of education, occupation, family size, family and gender of students) on students' English Language achievement is six percent and is statisticall...