Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on the attitude of osun state high school students to english language

This study examined the impact of covid-19 pandemic on the attitude of Osun state high school students to english language. The sample of the study consisted of three hundred and fifty students from high schools randomly selected among ten schools in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State. Self-developed questionnaire has been designed and validated through pilot testing and administered to the sample for the collection of data. The researchers personally visited schools in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State, thus 100% data were collected. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test analysis. The findings of the study revealed that there is negative attitude of high school students towards the impact of covid-19 pandemic on learning, there is no significant difference in the attitude of high school students to English language as a result of Covid-19 on the basis of gender; and there is no significant difference in the perception of high school students to English language as a result of Covid-19. Based on the findings of this study, major conclusions and recommendations were enumerated. It was recommended among others that: government should see the need to build good schools and equip them with modern digital facilities that can aid online education by providing digital devices as well as internet connections. It was also recommended that government should ensure inclusion of online teaching such as integrated digital learning platforms, videos lessons, broadcasting through radio and TV and the likes to supplement the normal classroom teaching even when there is no pandemics or disaster.