There have been many speculations aout the origin of language over the years. It appears that a good number of schools registered illiterate and unqualified candidates for this test”. Some of the candidates scored zero in the whole paper, having failed to write an answer that can earn a single mark in any section of the paper. If I may quote one of the chief examiner’s words as he comments on the general performance of the 2007 senior secondary schools English language examination, he said, “ contrary to expectation, the performance of the candidates was awfully poor. This also accounts for the high rate of failure recorded in English language examination every year in SSCE and NECO. The situation is really bad and the trend is not good as it lays bad precedence for the university education and indeed questions the credibility of would be graduates. In the course of this research, it was discovered that majority of students cannot make clear error-free sentences some cannot even communicate in the English language except they were allowed to express themselves in Pidgin English. This essay is set to find out the adverse effect of Pidgin English on students’ learning ability in English language resulting from their environment and ethnic differences. The sociological approach is used to examine the society and environment of its use it also looks at the position of Pidgin English and the English language in Nigerian society. The method of findings in this essay includes randomly selected secondary schools in Shasha area of Lagos state as mentioned earlier. This work also aims at finding the influence of Pidgin English on the ability of students in learning English language. It is based on this problem that this research attempts to find out the factors responsible for the problem and procure a possible solution for them. When students resort to any of the above mentioned problems, the importance of the English language teaching is defeated. Sometimes, they use it interchangeably and this results to ungrammatical structures and non- standard English. A great number of times, a student prefers to express his/herself in Pidgin English rather than go through the rigours of speaking simple correct English. Emphasis is on three secondary schools in Lagos state.ĭespite the importance of Pidgin English, it has adversely affected the use of English language.
1., MIT Working Papers in Linguistics, 143-160.The work looks at the effects of the use of Pidgin English on the student’s ability to learn English language in Nigeria secondary schools. Ogunmodimu Morakinyo, 2014, “Plural Marking Strategies in Nigerian Pidgin English (Naija)”, in: Fleur de Ling: Tulane University Working Papers, vol. Mazzoli Maria, 2013, Copulas in Nigerian Pidgin English, PhD dissertation. Herskovits Melville J., Herskovits Frances S., 1931, “Tales in Pidgin English from Nigeria”, The Journal of American Folklore, vol.44, no. An NLA Harmonized Writing System for Naijá Publications. The emergence of Naija (Nigerian Pidgin) as a 100 million speaker African language, Įsizimetor David, Ofulue Christine, 2010, Guide to Standard Naijá Orthography. Short Stories in Nigerian Pidgin English, Leipzig: ATHENA VerlagĬaron Bernard, Egbokhare F, 2018, From Stigma to Coolness. Ogboro-Cole Oluwagbemiga, 2009, Mami Wata. is aware of significance the culture of West African countries have for the culture of the world (K_K07)įaraclas Nicholas, 1996, Nigerian Pidgin English, Routledgeįrąckiewicz Olga, 2018, We sabi am, Zakłady Graficzne Uniwersytetu Warszwskiego cooperate and work in a group as well as forge relationships and build social relations (K_K02) can translate literary texts and writings from Nigerian Pidgin English into Polish (K_U14) read, analyze and interpret journalistic texts, literary and culture texts in Nigerian Pidgin English and appropriately place them in their cultural context (K_U06) search for, analyze, evaluate and use information from different sources (K_U01)
demonstrates basic grasp of contemporary cultural life of Nigeria (K_W16)
has rudimentary knowledge of translation rules from African languages into Polish (K_W15) is aware of the complex nature of Nigerian Pidgin English, its place and significance in the cultural and historical context of West African countries (K_W13) can name and characterize basic cultural phenomena of West African countries (K_W10)
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