School Environment and Methods of Teaching as Correlates of Language Skills Achievement of Pre–Primary School Pupils in Edo State Nigeria

The study investigated the effects of school environment and methods teaching on language skills achievement pre – primary pupils in Edo State. It also interaction Montessori played urban rural environments pupils' listening, speaking, reading writing skills. Three three areas which were selected from two Local Government Areas (LGAs) used for study. Six - schools purposively A total 228 kindergartens 2 intact classes lasted eight weeks. was a pretest, posttest, quasi- experimental control group design with independent variables as location while Language Skills Achievement Test (LSAT) dependent variable. Descriptive statistics Analysis Covariance (ANCOVA) to analyze data obtained Multiple Classification (MCA) post-hoc test further significance. research questions answered hypotheses, tested at 0.05 level Results showed that Method –primary more effective than play method. Similarly, achieved higher their counterparts. There significant effect academic therefore recommended Nigerian should adopt dominant method owners provide materials adequately learning.