ASSESSING AVAILABILITY OF E-LEARNING RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN POSTCOVID-19 ERA IN AWKA SOUTH LGA.

Abstract

The study investigated the availability of E-learning resources for teaching English
language in public secondary schools in Awka South Local Government Area of
Anambra state, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive research design and three
research questions guided the study. The population of the study consists of 85 English
language teachers in 18 public secondary schools in Awka South Local Government
Area. There was no sampling because the population was manageable. The instrument
for data collection was 18 item questionnaire validated by three experts two from the
department of Educational Foundations and one from English department, Faculty of
Arts all in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability of the instrument was
determined using test-re-test method which yielded reliability co-efficient of 0.74. The
data was analysed using frequencies and numbers as the statistical methods. The findings
of the study revealed that the percentages of unavailable E-learning resources for
teaching English language in public secondary schools are higher than the ones
available. Based on the result of the findings, it was concluded that the unavailability of
these resources could be hindering their utilization for the teaching of English language
which invariably could be negatively affecting students' academic achievement in English
language. It was therefore suggested among other things that these E-learning resources
should be provided by the government and other concerned individuals particularly
multinational organizations in the local government area.