EFFECTS OF YORUBA POEMS AND FOLKTALES PACKAGES ON LOWER BASIC SCHOOL PUPILS' YORUBA VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT IN ONDO STATE

Abstract

The study assessed the effects of Yoruba poems and folktales intervention packages on lower basic school pupils' vocabulary development skills in Ondo State and also compared the effects of the two Packages on lower basic school pupils’ vocabulary development skills in Ondo State. The study adopted the non-equivalent pre-test, posttest control group quasi experimental research design. The population of the study comprised all the 148,177 pupils in the 3,125 lower basic schools in the three senatorial districts of Ondo State. The sample for the study consisted of 124 lower basic school three pupils in six intact classes in Ondo State. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select the sample for the study. The three senatorial districts in Ondo State were used for the study. One self-designed research instrument was used to collect data for the study titled “Yoruba Vocabulary Development Test” (YVDT). The result of the reliability test conducted for the YVDT yielded reliability coeffieicent values of 0.75. Data collected were analysed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, two-way analysis of variance (2-way ANOVA), analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and Least Significant Difference (LSD). The results showed a significant effect of Yoruba poems and folktales intervention packages on lower basic school pupils' vocabulary development skill in Ondo State at (F = 4.834; p < 0.05). The result als revealed in significant difference in the effects of the two packages on lower basic school pupils’ vocabulary development skill (F=0.087, p > 0.05). The study concluded that Yoruba poems and folktales intervention packages had significant effects on lower basic school pupils' vocabulary development skills in Ondo State.