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Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by Nobody: 8:52pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
Tippy Top: |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by TippyTop(m): 8:59pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
Ileke-IdI: Where've you gone? Is it to do with anything I said? Lol!!! |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by Nobody: 9:03pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
Tippy Top: |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by Nobody: 9:05pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
SapeleGuy: Imagine if British kids have to learn and write their exams in Yoruba. They too will face the same problems Nigerians are having with English. It has nothing to do with how smart you are. |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by TippyTop(m): 9:10pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
Aigbofa: Pleasantly surprised at your inteligent reply. O'l boy you no really dey craze o. You coulda fooled me. Nice reply. |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by Nobody: 9:35pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
Tippy Top: Now it's [b]your [/b]turn to surprise us that you're not really crazed. lol jk jk |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by SapeleGuy: 9:45pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
Aigbofa: That my friend is a very very weak excuse. "The quality of teachers and teaching is abysmal. Unmotivated teachers, poor quality of teaching and low learning outcomes are rife across all levels of education According to the Kwara State Commissioner for Education, an aptitude and capacity test was organised for a total of 19,125 teachers in the State’s public school system in 2008. Out of these, 2,628 were university graduates. The teachers were given tests that were designed originally for primary four pupils in English and Mathematics. At the end of the exercise, only seven teachers out of the 19,125 crossed the minimum aptitude and capacity threshold. Only one out of the 2,628 graduate teachers passed the test, 10 graduates scored outright zero.The teachers fared worse in literacy assessments which recorded only 1.2% pass rate." http://www.nigeriaplus.com/a-roadmap-for-education-in-nigeria-part-1-by-bunmi-lawson/ |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by Nobody: 10:09pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
SapeleGuy: You can take the best teachers in the world to England to teach British Kids how to read and write in Yoruba, teach them every other subjects in Yoruba. Trust me, they will be disadvantaged ab initio, compared with their counterparts whose native language is Yoruba. Of course, many will catch on, some will even excel and a lot will just get confused just like in Nigeria today. |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by OAM4J: 10:34pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
Aigbofa: True. I also know that being a good 'words-smith' does not equate to intelligence. Not giving excuse for improper use of English, but some errors should be ignored And the complaints about our accent should be a non-issue. Still cant get a foreigner to pronounce my Yoruba first-name correctly, even after repeating it more than 10 times. |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by emofine(f): 10:39pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
errr english is not our language to rescue Besides like the great laurette Chinua Achebe said, 'that any language that has the cheek to leave its primordial shores and encroach on the linguistic territory of other people should learn to come to terms with the inevitable reality that it would be domesticated.' so whut iz my consern in meking enlgeesh beta |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by TippyTop(m): 10:41pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
Ileke-IdI: You're now beginning to form opinions on issues rather than your usual emoticons. I say get it off your chest. (pun intended) emofine: |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by SapeleGuy: 10:57pm On Dec 30, 2010 |
If you no fit speak English abeg leave the bugger alone, no be by force. Please speak your language. No amount of patriotism will change the fact that these stray bullets being fired by these grammatical gunslingers is testament to our failed education system. |
Re: Nigerian English. . . What Can We Do To Make It Better? by bkbabe97y(m): 1:18am On Dec 31, 2010 |
Really tho, yall Ibos suck in the English-Speaking dept.! |
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