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Abstract
This study investigated the efficacy of digital tools on students performance in use of English among polytechnic students in Kebbi state. The main objective of the study is to find out whether teaching polytechnic students use of English through the use of digital tools such as, instructional videos and multimedia projector as oppose to the conventional methods could enhance performance in the learning of use of English among polytechnic students in Kebbi state. Year two (ND II) students of the institutions in Kebbi state made up the study population. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design, specifically, a pretest-posttest design. This implies that intact class settings were used in the study, where pretest, treatment and posttest were carried out to determine the difference in performance between students that were taught use of English via instructional videos and multimedia projector; and those that were taught the same aspect using the conventional methods. 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 at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study indicated that students that learnt use of English through digital tools performed better than those who learnt it through the conventional method. The study recommended that language teachers should adopt the use of digital tools as the modern and best instructional technique in teaching use of English at all levels of education in Kebbi state and Nigeria in generalKeywords: Digital Tools, English Language, Use of English, Language Teaching
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