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Social Media, Electronic Text Materials, and Undergraduate Students: Learning Outcomes in Use of English at Federal Universities in Southwestern Nigeria
Author(s): Opeyemi Olajumoke Olofinsawo (Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria), Clement Olusegun Kolawole (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), Samson Oladayo Akinbile (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)and Francis Ogbonnaya Ezeokoli (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 26
EISBN13: 9798260021538
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Abstract
Use of English course is included in undergraduate programmes in Nigerian universities to enhance undergraduates' communication skills. However, reports have shown that many undergraduates in southwestern Nigeria have poor achievement in and attitude to the course. Previous studies focused more on intervention to improve students' learning outcomes in this course. Therefore, this study investigated undergraduates' variables Participation in Social Media, E-texts Materials and learning outcomes (achievement and attitude) in UoE at federal universities in southwestern Nigeria. The sequential mixed methods (QUAN+qual) design was adopted. Three out of the four conventional federal universities in southwestern Nigeria (Federal University of Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (OAU) and University of Lagos, Akoka (UNILAG) were randomly selected. Five faculties common to them (Arts, Education, Engineering/Technology, Science and Social Sciences) were purposively selected. The proportionate-to-size sampling technique was used to select 200–level undergraduates from the selected universities (FUOYE–226, OAU–702 and UNILAG–559). The instruments used were Undergraduate Students' PSM(α=0.76), EtMs(α=0.80), PVR(α=0.93), Attitude to Use of English (α=0.79) questionnaires and Achievement Test in Use of English (r=0.77). In-depth interviews were conducted with 30 undergraduates across the institutions. The results revealved that The undergraduates' PSM(x-=2.84) and use of EtMs(x-=2.81) were high, against the threshold of 2.50. It is therefore recommended that students should be encouraged to use E-text materials and social media for academic activities
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