Table 2_Parental attitudes toward mother tongue and undergraduate language competence for

335 undergraduate students from Kwara State University and the University of Ilorin were surveyed using two validated instruments. Findings show a generally negative parental attitude toward mother tongue use (grand mean=1.35), low language competence among students (grand mean=2.35), and low readiness for internationalized higher education (grand mean=2.23). The dataset was created by researcher Olabisi Adedigba and last updated on May 11, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between parental attitudes and language competence based on the reported Pearson correlation coefficient (r=0.110).
• Investigate the relationship between language competence and readiness for international academic engagement based on the moderate positive correlation (r=0.412).
• Examine survey responses on mother tongue use and global academic readiness from a specific Nigerian state.
• Benchmark language competence and internationalization readiness scores against other educational contexts.

Strengths

• Instruments were validated by experts with 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.
• The sample of 335 students was drawn from a defined population of 87,660 undergraduates in Kwara State.

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: the Parents’ Attitude to Mother Tongue Rating Scale (PAMTRS) and the Language Competence and IHE Readiness Rating Scale (LCIHSRRS.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 05:29:34; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Kwara State, Nigeria; specifically Kwara State University and the University of Ilorin.