USING ARABIC LANGUAGE FOR CURBING ECONOMIC RECESSION IN NIGERIA: INTER-FACULTY LECTURERS' VIEWS
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2020-02
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Lawal, Musibau Adebayo
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Department of Arts Education, University of Ilorin
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Economic recession is a period of economic slowdown that is characterized by declining productivity and devaluing of financial institutions due to reckless and unstable money lending. It is also a significant decline in economic activity which spreads across the economy lasting more than a few months, normally visible in a real gross domestic product (GDP), real income, employment, industrial production and wholesale retail sales. The purpose of this research is to find the views of language educators of the University of Ilorin at both faculties of Arts and Education on whether Arabic can serve as a tool for curbing economic recession in Nigeria. The population for this study was all the language educators at both faculties of Arts and Education which is 45. The purposive sampling technique was used to select this number. There is only one research question with a corresponding hypothesis, which was tested using the mean and t- test. The instrument for the study was a check list which comprised 15 items. The result shows that there was no significant difference in views of respondents at both faculties of Arts and Education as regard Arabic language as a solution for economic recession in Nigeria. (t(43))=.495;p>O.05). From the result above, it could be concluded that the Arabic Language is a tool to combat economic recession in Nigeria and recommended that government should encourage the effective teaching of Arabic Language in various institutions of the nation.
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Arabic Language, Economic Recession, Language Educators, Nigeria