Assessing the Effect of Acculturation Program on Academic Achievement of French Students in Colleges of Education in Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.54536/jir.v2i2.3173Keywords:
Achievement, Acculturation, Exercise, Immersion, Group, Language, ProgramAbstract
One of the compulsory courses needed for graduation of French students at college of education level is FRE 225 - Immersion Program - popularly referred to as Acculturation Exercise (NCCE, 2020). That is why this study assessed the effects of the acculturation program on the academic achievement of French students using colleges of education in Nigeria as a case study. The survey research design was used for this study. The range of 20-50 subjects were conveniently and randomly sampled in each of the three (3) geopolitical zone of south-west, north-central and north-west of Nigeria. Their composition comprised of one state college and one federal college of education. Thus, 230 respondents and a self-developed research instrument tagged “French Immersion Achievement Test (FIAT)” with a reliability coefficient of 0.79 using the Cronbach Alpha SPSS statistical tool were employed for the study. The data collected were statistically analyzed using t-test statistics at ∝ 0.05 level of significance to test the null hypotheses formulated. The major findings, among others, revealed that students who were exposed to the acculturation program (Group I) performed significantly better in French than their counterparts (Group II) who were not exposed to the program. The study, therefore, recommends, among other things, that the acculturation program in French studies in Nigeria colleges of education should be taken more seriously and be intensified in order to achieve the desired objectives.
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