AVAILABILITY AND USE OF RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ENGLISH IN ILORIN,NIGERIA

Abstract

Teacher, teaching and instructional resources go hand in hand, particularly, in handling English within
English as Second Language (ESL) context. This study focused on availability and use of resources for
teaching English in Ilorin, Nigeria. The study was descriptive and it involved 100 teachers across schools
in Ilorin as respondents using questionnaire. The results show that where resources are available,
teachers use only the non-human. It also shows that the variables of gender, school type and school
location do not have any significant influence on the availability/use of resources. It was therefore
recommended that teachers should change their dispositions and use both human and non-human.
resources in teaching English