Title:
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN ORAL AND WRITTEN ENGLISH IN SOME SELECTED SCHOOLS IN ONDO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NIGERIA

Authors:
Dare Williams Omotoyinbo ,Nigeria

Abstract:
Many researchers have been done on Oral and written English. However, only few have done a comparative study between the two. This study therefore concentrates on the comparative study of students’ performance in oral and written English. The descriptive survey method was used. The data collection are based on the Mock Examination result on Oral and written English. The research relied on the information from the classroom situation. Data collected was presented and analyzed using Spearman’s ranking correlation coefficient. The findings show that there is a higher positive relationship between the performance of students in Oral English and grammar. A poor performance in Oral English is sequel to poor performance in the other aspects. Again, it revealed that the greatest probability of passing essay writing, comprehension and of course, the summary exercise has correlation with the Oral skill. It was found out that there is an insufficient qualified personnel which often result to students’ poor performance in the language. Based on the findings, it is recommended that teachers should actively engage students in more oral work and emphasis should be placed on both Oral and written work. Parents should endeavour to buy supplementary texts on Oral and written skills. and it is finally recommended that Oral English should not be scrapped from the School curriculum