ENGLISH COMPETENCE AND SEARCH FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT AMONG COLLEGES OF EDUCATION STUDENTS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2018
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Faculty of Communication and Information Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
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The study examined competence of students in English language and its relationship to
effective search for relevant information resources in the Colleges of Education in Kwara
State, Nigeria. Three Colleges surveyed are spread across Kwara State senatorial zones with
a 250 respondents randomly sampled by using a questionnaire that was pretested and yielded
0.82 reliability value. Data collected was statistically analyzed using Pearson Moment
Correlation (PMC) and frequency and percentage. Respondents were drawn from final year
students across academic divisions of arts, social science, and pure sciences who have
attended courses in Use of English language. The study found students with high relationship
in competence in English language skills with search for information in academic pursuits.
Gender and different courses of study have no relationship to search for information among
students of Colleges of education in Kwara State. It is, therefore, recommended that
stakeholders in the Use of English programme should make it reflect its ancillary status to
general academic pursuit, and interdisciplinary collaboration should be encouraged among
experts to enhance all-round resourcefulness in students.
Keyword: Language Competence, relationship, information resources, Information searches,
Information literacy
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Language Competence, relationship, information resources, Information searches, Information literacy