Authors: Cecilia Banke Adeleye, Matthew Temitayo Olatunde, Emmanuel Tumise-Ojo
Abstract: English media provides postgraduate students with frequent opportunities to encounter and engage with English beyond formal academic settings. However, the extent to which such exposure relates to oral presentation performance among postgraduate students in Nigerian universities remains insufficiently established. This study examined the relationship between English media exposure and self-reported oral presentation performance, including the moderating effects of age and gender. A quantitative cross-sectional design was adopted. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire from 600 postgraduate students selected from one university in each of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones. Descriptive statistics and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling were used to analyse the data, including moderation effects.: English media exposure recorded a moderate level (M = 3.11, SD = 0.67), while self-reported oral presentation performance was also moderate (M = 3.23, SD = 0.86). English media exposure had a positive and statistically significant association with oral presentation performance (β = 0.652, p < 0.001), explaining 42.6% of its variance. Age significantly moderated the relationship (β = 0.112, p < 0.001), whereas gender did not (β = -0.007, p = 0.798).English media exposure was positively associated with postgraduate students’ self-reported oral presentation performance, with the relationship varying by age but not gender. The findings support greater attention to purposeful English media engagement in postgraduate academic contexts.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23367691
