Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Full Length Research Paper

The impact of English language proficiency testing on the pronunciation performance of undergraduates in South-West, Nigeria

Oyinloye Comfort Adebola
  • Oyinloye Comfort Adebola
  • Department of Education, School of Education and Humanities, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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Adeoye Ayodele
  • Adeoye Ayodele
  • Department of Education, School of Education and Humanities, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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Fatimayin Foluke
  • Fatimayin Foluke
  • Department of Arts and Social Science, Education Department, Faculty of Education, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Osikomaiya M. Olufunke
  • Osikomaiya M. Olufunke
  • Department of Arts and Social Science, Education Department, Faculty of Education, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria.
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Fatola Olugbenga Lasisi
  • Fatola Olugbenga Lasisi
  • Educational Management and Business Studies, Department of Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 02 June 2020
  •  Accepted: 08 August 2020
  •  Published: 30 September 2020

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