MOODLE E-Learning Application and Students’ Interest in English Language in the University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

Abstract

The research aimed to ascertain the effectiveness of Moodle e-learning application on students’ interest in English Language in the University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised all the 284 English Language students of 200 levels from Arts Education Department of the University of Calabar, 2023/2024 session. The study adopted the pre-test, posttest and control group quasi-experimental design. One research question guided the study while one hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A sample of 140 students was drawn from two groups. Purposive sampling technique was used to select students into the two groups based on similar characteristics. One group was used for the experimental and the other for the control group. The instrument for data collection was Students’ Interest in English Language Scale (SIELS). The reliability of the instrument was established using split-half method which gives reliability index of 0.78. Consequently, the instrument was found to be adequately reliable for use in the study. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research question. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyse collected data for the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. One hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that Moodle e-learning application had significant effects on students' interest in English Language. It was recommended, among others, that Moodle e-learning application should be adopted in English Language teaching in order to improve students' interest in learning the language.