Parental Attitudes and Language Competence of Undergraduates in Kwara State, Nigeria

335 undergraduate students from Kwara State University and the University of Ilorin were surveyed on parental attitudes toward mother tongue use and language competence. The study found a generally negative parental attitude toward mother tongue use, low undergraduate language competence, and low readiness for internationalized higher education. Data were collected using two researcher-developed instruments and analyzed by Olabisi Adedigba.

Use Cases

• Correlating parental attitudes toward mother tongue with student language competence based on the PAMTRS and LCIHSRRS instruments
• Modeling readiness for international academic engagement based on language competence scores
• Analyzing the relationship between language competence and preparedness for internationalized higher education
• Investigating demographic or institutional factors in language acquisition within Nigerian tertiary education

Strengths

• Instruments were validated by experts and have reported reliability coefficients of 0.72 and 0.74
• Statistical analysis includes Pearson Product Moment Correlation and hypothesis testing at a 0.05 significance level
• Study reports specific grand mean scores for key variables: parental attitude (1.35), language competence (2.35), and readiness for IHE (2.23)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is very small at 33.8 KB, indicating limited scope

Provenance

Source

Olabisi Adedigba via figshare

Collection Method

Descriptive survey research design using two researcher-developed instruments: Parents’ Attitude to Mother Tongue Rating Scale (PAMTRS) and Language Competence and IHE Readiness Rating Scale (LCIHSRRS). Data collected from a sample of 335 students selected via simple random technique.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 05:29:33; freshness should be verified

Geography

Kwara State, Nigeria (specifically Kwara State University and the University of Ilorin)