EFFECTS OF EXTENSIVE READING ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ACHIEVEMENT IN VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT AND CONCORD IN TORO LGA, BAUCHISTATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the effects of extensive reading on senior secondary school student’
achievement on vocabulary development and concord in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The study
adopted quasi-experimental research design which involved experimental group and control group. 86 students
were sampled from the population of 4452 SS2 students of the 22 senior secondary school of Toro Local
Government Area of Bauchi State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested
at 0.5 level of significance to guide the study. The instrument used for data collection was Comprehension
Achievement Test (CAT) which was adopted from validated Intensive English language textbook for SS2. The
reliability was found to be 0.70 using Kuder-Richardson. Mean (x) was used to answer the two research
questions while t-test was employed to test the two hypotheses. The study found out that extensive reading is
more effective in improving secondary school students’ achievement in vocabulary and it has also revealed that
extensive reading has a significant effect in students’ understanding of subject-verb concord. However, the study
recommended that government should provide enough teaching material which will enhance effective teaching
and learning of the all language skills