Barriers to indigenous language learning and their use in Nigerian schools: the Yoruba language experience.

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dc.contributor.authorOgunlola, 'Layo
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-07T11:15:46Z
dc.date.available2018-06-07T11:15:46Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.description.abstractIt is a known fact that in most West African states and particularly in Nigeria. Indigenous language teaching and language use have suffered serious setbacks. The blame has been put severally. People who had their primary and post primary education in Nigeria would agree that despite the emphasis laid on the teaching use of English language in our schools today, a large percentage of school children, and students still fail the subject. This paper examines the barriers to effective indigenous language teaching and language use in Nigerian Schools, using the Yoruba language as reference point. The paper goes into the pastand investigates the socio-political forces operating within the history of the nation, Nigeria. It observes that a number of factors militate against effective learning and the use of indigenous languages in schools. These include speaker’s comportment, non-availability of trained and qualified teachers, non-challant attitude of education administrators and the like. It also examines the possible consequences on the entire nation. Our findings reveal that partial or total neglect of the teaching and learning of indigenous languages brings the nation backward. The paper concludes that unless all stakeholders in the education sector have a re-think, emphasize and enforce the teaching and use of the child’s native language in schools, the society may not be better off.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2356-5926
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studiesen_US
dc.subjectBarrieren_US
dc.subjectLanguageen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectLearningen_US
dc.subjectUseen_US
dc.titleBarriers to indigenous language learning and their use in Nigerian schools: the Yoruba language experience.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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