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The study was designed to find out the relationship between students personal variables such attitude andacademic ability and their achievement in English Language: Four Research Questions were generated for the Study inLagos State. The instruments used were Questionnaire on Students’ Attitude to English (QSAE) and Students’ AcademicAbility Test (SAAT), four hundred 400) senior Secondary II (SSII) Students randomly selected from five (5) secondaryschools were involved in the study. A correlational Analysis was run on the variables and their annual scores in Englishand t-test calculated. The result of the study showed that there was a positive relationship between Students’ Attitudeand their academic achievement in English Language. It also showed significant difference in the academic ability ofmale and female students with male students having higher academic ability mean scores. Based on the findings of theresearch, recommendations were made that teachers, should evolve effective teaching and learning strategies todevelop students positive attitude to English Language; school administrators should encourage regular attendance ofEnglish Language teachers at seminars and workshops to keep them abreast of innovation in the teaching of thesubject that can improve students attitude; parents should create conducive home environments for their children toimprove their attitudes to English Language; and that teachers of English should consider varying academic ability oflearners when planing instructional programmes for them.
David O. Fakeye (Mon,) studied this question.