Social Media: A Way Forward in Students’ Perception of French Language in Junior Secondary Schools in Benin Metropolis

Over the years, the lackadaisical way in which students, parents and the society in general treat French language in Nigeria is very worrisome. Thus, this study is geared towards investigating the place of social media in students’ learning abilities in French. The simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 100 JSS 3 students in 5 private junior secondary schools in Benin metropolis, Edo State. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. A four point Likert type rating scale questionnaire was adopted for the study. The descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentage were used to analyse the demographic data while chi-square statistics was used in testing the research hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the JSS 3 students use social media wrongly and that social media can be used to enhance students’ perception of French. Based on the findings, it was recommended that social media should be used by French language teachers to enhance students’ perception of the subject. In addition, social networking sites should be expanded to enhance academic activities.