Anidi, Ojel Clara Adaozo and UDABA, R. O. and Uzodimma, Agatha Ogochukwu (2025) Code-Switching as Strategy for Effective Implementation of the Language Policy on Education in Nigeria. In: Applied Linguistics in Africa: Perspectives on Language Policy, Multilingualism, Education, and Identity. Trends in Applied Linguistics (De Gruyter Mouton),, pp. 1-10. (In Press)
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Abstract
The Nigerian National Policy on Education approves the use of the English language as the medium for classroom instruction, beginning from the fourth year of the primary education up until the last level of the tertiary education in the country, Nigeria. Over the years, some scholars have faulted this policy for lacking effective implementation mechanism. According to them, often, the learners’ and, sometimes, the teachers’ proficiency level in English is low, compared to the content material being studied or taught. This, therefore, creates the need to examine other language media that may be more effective for education in Nigeria. The present paper examines the concept, theory and literature on code-switching, as useful classroom strategy and possible language medium that can be adopted for education in Nigeria. This study is an advocacy meant to sensitize the Nigerian policy makers, educationists, teachers, and researchers in the fields of language and education on the language resource of code-switching for formal education in Nigeria.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education |
| Depositing User: | Uchenna Eneogwe |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2025 23:46 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2025 23:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5007 |
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