Teachers' Awareness and Utilization of L2 Research Findings: Implications for L2 Teaching in Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

Despite the number of research outputs from various post-graduate students across the country, Nigeria educational system is bedeviled with issues of mass failure in external examinations. This mismatch between students’ performances and the jillions of researches which are supposed to solve issues of mass failure among students informs this study. This study, therefore, examined teachers’ awareness and utilization of L2 research findings and implication for L2 teaching in Ondo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The simple random sampling technique was used to select forty-three L2 teachers form three local government areas in Ondo State, Nigeria. The instruments used for data collection was a questionnaire entitled Teachers’ Awareness and Utilization of L2 Research Findings (TAURFIQ). Two research questions were answered and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The study found out that L2 teachers are moderately aware of L2 research findings. Also, the study indicated that there was no significant relationship between L2 teachers’ academic qualification and extent of L2 research awareness and utilization. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that universities should organize seminars for L2 teachers in order to discuss the applications of the various research findings in the classroom.