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This has been bordering me since I was in secondary school. I am now in Higher Institution. Yet I still can't figure this out. Why will a higher institution student for that matter who has been Studying English Language for the past 10years at least can't speak English but will prefer Pidgin?

My friends speaks pidgin, when I try to correct them, they will give lame excuse that not that they can't speak English but they prefer pidgin. Pidgin is for those who didn't go to school at all but need to communicate with those who understand English. Higher institution students, why do you prefer pidgin to English?

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habeeblai244:
This have been been bordering me since i
was in secondary school. Now I am now in
Higher Institution.
Yet i still cant figure this out.
Why will an higher institution student for
that matter who has been doing english
Language for the past 10years at least cant
speak English but will prefer a Pidgin.
My friends speak pidgin, try to correct them
but will give lame excuse that not that they
cant speak english but they prefer pidgin.
Pidgin is for those who didnt go to school
at all but need to communicate with those
who understand english.
Higher institution students, why did you
prefer pidgin to English

cc; Lalasticlala

hmmmmm

they are allowed to speak any language they want.

you gan have problem with English you have been doing for 10 years.

Wait for me, let me go and eat before i comments

feran15:
they are allowed to speak any language they want.

you gan have problem with English you have been doing for 10 years.

Yes any language, is pidgin a language. Lets face the truth. I know i cant be perfect in speaking english.

habeeblai244:
Yes any language, is pidgin a language. Lets face the truth. I know i cant be perfect in speaking english.

it's all about preference. they speak what they prefer. let them.be. as long as they dont write it in their exams, nobody is hurt

lol my bros pidgin easy hen even mama patience confirm ham

homeboy205:
lol my bros pidgin easy hen even mama patience confirm ham

lol

Best Communication Method (BCM)

oh boy if u ask me i no sabi d reason. pidgin sweet wella pass english . pidgin shud be our official language self so all those mumu forming fake accent go change

coz life is not an English class.

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Does the pigin english affect their grades??

Everyone speaks pidgin English, be it students or lecturers. It's just like our mother tongue. By the way it doesn't stop students from graduating with good grades.

So just leave this matter for one corner and speak what you like.

Who English help

For me, I see nothing wrong in a graduate or undergraduate speaking pidgin. The only bad thing there would be if they went about rapping it when they've not even mastered their English. Anyone who does that blights his chances of getting a good grasp of the English Language. Consequently, if as a graduate (or undergraduate), you're still struggling with your 'is' and 'was', yet you go about speaking pidgin most of the time, you're not helping yourself; infact, you're already grooming yourself to become a local champion. Master your English first, after which, you can speak your pidgin in informal settings, or other settings of the sort, as much as you want.

I for one am proud that I can speak pidgin very well, and depending on where I am, I can switch from queen's English to pidgin in the twinkling of an eye. Infact, there are times I find it more appropriate speaking pidgin. For eg, if I have an old woman struggling to communicate with me in pidgin, would you expect I started blasting oyibo for her? No na, if I did, I wouldn't be communicating.

The above is what I think.

op, nice and fresh thread nevertheless.

Aren't you proud as a nigerian 2 speak uя own language or pidgin instead of English? English is some 1ns Languge ... Make them include. Pidgin for our learning Curriculum self,

I be proud naija guy..

Naija made....

That thing wey you dey yarn say oyibo man language English is superior 2 our naija made pidgin na lie.... I be proud naija padi

Yes nothing do me

miteolu:
Best Communication Method (BCM)

Your head is there jare.

English na their papa language?

Being used to speaking pidgin always harms your english grammar & composition.

Simple.

Quality of education

pretydiva:
Who English help

I taya o. Like say d English don baf.

Because pidgin english is the defacto lingua franca of Nigeria. You can't force an adult to speak a particular language to his friends.

habeeblai244:
...Pidgin is for those who didn't go to school at all but need to communicate with those who understand English...

Please who made this rule? ... probably what your parents or an older relation told you when growing up?

what u shud b bothered about op is ur cgpa olodo

English is not our language,btw na wetin dem sabi dem go speak nw

It's not like they can't speak Enlgish. They just feel more comfortable speaking pidgin to people they call friends. The same way students in Ibadan will prefer speaking Yoruba or those in Owerri favouring Igbo.

You've no idea

habeeblai244:
This has been bordering me since I was in secondary school. I am now in Higher Institution. Yet I still can't figure this out. Why will a higher institution student for that matter who has been Studying English Language for the past 10years at least can't speak English but will prefer Pidgin?

My friends speaks pidgin, when I try to correct them, they will give lame excuse that not that they can't speak English but they prefer pidgin. Pidgin is for those who didn't go to school at all but need to communicate with those who understand English. Higher institution students, why do you prefer pidgin to English?

ur English sef get as e take be

most of them only interact in pidgin among themselves, that doesn't mean they can't speak in English .....when it is official and compulsory, they will speak English, and when they are among their peers,nah pidgin fit do am pass