EFFECTIVENESS OF MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES ON LEARNING OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR AMONG TERTIARY INSTITUTION STUDENTS IN KEBBI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract: This study investigated the effectiveness of multimedia instructional techniques on learning of English grammar among tertiary institution students in Kebbi state. The main objective of the study is to find out whether teaching English grammar using multimedia instructional techniques, such as Instructional Videos and Power Point Presentation as against the traditional techniques, such as audio-lingual and grammar translation methods could facilitate performance in English grammar among tertiary institution students in Kebbi state. Year two (200 Level) students of all the tertiary institutions in Kebbi state formed the research population. The study used quasi-experimental research design, specifically, a pretest-posttest design. This implies that intact class settings were used in the study, where pre-test, treatment and posttest were carried out. Statistical procedures of mean, standard deviation and t-test were used to answer the research questions and test the null hypotheses generated for the study. The findings of the study revealed that tertiary institution students taught aspects of English grammar using the multimedia instructional techniques performed better than those taught the same aspects using the traditional techniques. The study recommended that teachers should adopt technology based teaching instruction in order to improve the teaching of grammar in particular and other components of English language in general..

Keywords: Grammar, Multimedia, Language Teaching, Multimedia Instructional Techniques