Impact of Language Laboratory and French Students Engagement

Abstract

The study was conducted to make an assessment of the impact of language laboratory and French students' engagement. The population of the study consisted of all the 200-level students in the Faculty of Education. The study adopted a survey design, while random sampling was used to select three hundred and eighty-three (383) respondents. The structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. The data collected were analysed using Pearson's analysis. It was concluded that there is a significant impact of language lab on French students' communication skills as well as a significant influence of language lab on French students' engagement in phonetics. It was also suggested that students develop a positive perception of language laboratories and use them to learn, and that school administrators make language laboratories available in schools and provide lecturers with adequate knowledge of how to use the devices.