IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ENGLISH VOCABULARY MASTERY THROUGH BINGO GAME

Abstract

The study examined the effectiveness of Bingo game on the academic performance of Upper Basic II students in English vocabulary in Okura District of Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. The study adopted a pretest- post-test quasi experimental research design. One research question and one null-hypothesis guided the study.  The population of the study was 732 Upper Basic II students drawn from 11 public schools in Okura District. Using Krejcie and Morgan's table of sampling, a sample size of 248 students (128 males and 120 females) were used for the study. Data was generated through English Vocabulary Development Performance Test (EVDPT). The instrument for data collection was subjected to both face and content validity. For the face validity, the instrument was validated by two experts in the field of Language Education, Department of Arts Education, and one expert from Measurement and Evaluation, Department of Educational Foundation, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi state. The content validity was ensured through the use of a table of specification. A reliability index of 0.75 was realized using Kuder Richardson formula 20 (KR20). Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The finding of the study revealed that the experimental group, that is, those taught with Bingo game performed better than those taught with the conventional lecture method just as there was significant difference in the performance of the experimental and control groups in favour of the experimental group. Based on this finding, it was recommended, among others, that Bingo game technique should be incorporated into the English Studies curriculum for the teaching of English vocabulary.