The Influence of Visual Instructional Media on Students’ Acquisition of Writing Skills in Secondary Schools in the Buea Municipality

The study examined the influence of visual instructional media on students’ acquisition of English Language writing skills in secondary schools in the Buea Municipality. The study utilized a quasi-experimental research design. The target population was made up of all secondary schools in the Buea Municipality of the South West Region of Cameroon. The accessible population consisted of all secondary school students from two selected secondary schools in the Buea. The purposive and convenient sampling techniques were adopted. The sample population consisted of Form One students from two lay private schools found in the accessible population. The study used achievement tests to examine the EnPglish Language writing skills where the experimental group received treatment and the control group was not exposed to the use of Visual instructional media making a total of 8 written tests for both groups. Data was analysed descriptively and inferentially. The descriptive data analysis tool were percentages, frequencies and the inferential data analysis tools that was used was an independent sample t-test. The study revealed that: Visual instructional media had a significant influence on students’ acquisition of English Language writing skills. It was recommended that the Ministry of Secondary Education should put in place regulations, checks and balances to ensure that different visual instructional media are used in adopting writing skills.