Effects of Some French Games on the Academic Achievement of Students in French Language in Junior Secondary Schools in Edo State – Nigeira

The lackadaisical attitude of students to French language over the years is a major concern to this researcher. Thus, the study is geared towards investigating the effects of some games on the academic achievement of students in French language at the junior secondary class two level. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. To give a light to this study, the pre-test, post-test, non-equivalent control group design was adopted by the researcher. The population for the study was the 4,986 public junior secondary school class two students in Edo metropolis. The purposive sampling techniques was used to select one hundred and sixty two (162) students. From the two selected schools, intact classes were drawn- experimental group and control group. The experimental group was taught with the French games (i.e. the instrument) while the control group was taught with the traditional grammar-translation method. Data was collected using French Achievement Test (FAT). Research questions were answered using means and standard deviations (SD) while research hypotheses were tested using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The analysis of the data yielded the following findings: i. There is a significant difference between the mean achievement scores of students taught with the French games and those taught without French games using the traditional grammar-translation method. ii. There is no significant difference between the mean achievement scores of students taught with the French games and those taught without French games in the traditional grammar translation method due to sex and location.