Abstract

This study determined the effects of literature circles instructional strategy on preservice English Language teachers' achievement in prose fiction, using the pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design. The participants for this study 120 year two preservice English Language teachers in two college of education in Lagos State. Two instruments were used namely, Prose Fiction Achievement Test (r=0.76), Literature Circles Instructional Guide and Literature Circles Tools Kit. Data were analysed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at 0.05 alpha level. Findings revealed that Literature Circles significantly enhanced achievement of NCE English Language Students in prose fiction (F = 176.171, p<0.05) with the (2,116) group exposed to Literature Circles strategy obtaining a higher achievement score (26.77) than the conventional lecture method. Based on the findings, it was recommended that literature circles strategy should be adopted as a model of Prose Fiction instruction in our colleges of education.