THE INFLUENCE OF ANXIETY AND PERSONALITY TYPE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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ABSTRACT
This study examined the influence of anxiety on students’ academic performance in English Language in Lagos State secondary schools. In this study, the relevant and related literatures were reviewed under selected sub-headings. The descriptive research survey was used in this study in order to assess the opinions of the selected respondents with the application of the questionnaire and the sampling technique. A total of 200 (two hundred) respondents were selected and used in this study to represent the entire population of the study. Six null hypotheses were formulated in this study and tested accordingly using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistical tool for hypotheses one, two and three, and the independent t-test statistical instrument for hypotheses four, five and six respectively. At the end of the analyses, the following results were obtained: there is a significant relationship between anxiety and students’ academic performance in English language at secondary school level, there is a significant relationship between students’ attitude and their academic achievement in English language at secondary school level, there is a significant relationship between students’ personality and their academic performance in English language at secondary school level, there is no significant gender difference in the students’ achievement due to anxiety in English Language, there is no significant gender difference in the academic performance of students due to attitude in English Language and there is a significant gender difference in the performance of students in English Language due to their personality type. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher made the following recommendations among others: students should avoid being anxious before and during their examination in English language and students should develop positive attitudes towards their study in English Language.
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