Integrating ICT in the Teaching and Learning of Oral Literature

Despite the high entertainment value and practical nature of oral literature, it seems to be perceived by students as boring, and just another course to be studied and passed. This paper seeks to establish the need for the integration of ICT to complement traditional method of teaching and learning so as to make the course more responsive to its objectives, among which is familiarizing students with their roots. It argues that if the right curriculum and pedagogy are adopted for the course it will not only achieve its objectives, but also do it in a fun and entertaining way. It is a library research whose data are drawn from secondary sources such as comments, observations, previous research, and literature on the topic. The research is driven by Friere’s (1970) pedagogy of the oppressed which encourages the dominated to adopt a pedagogy that will help them regain their freedom and become more fully human, and Maslow, Rogers, and Bugental’ humanism which sees learners as totally good, creative, rational, and have great potentialities to actualize themselves given the right circumstances. The paper concludes that integrating ICT tools like recorders, projectors, televisions, laptops, smartphones, the internet, and others in the teaching of Oral literature will bring life and performance right inside the classroom and this will go a long way to facilitating learning, character moulding, and culture consciousness among the youth.