Chukwu, Mathias and Oguanuo, Ijeoma and Ugwuanyi, Kingsley (2014) POOR LITERACY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE: BEYOND THE TEACHER AND HIS CLASSROOM, INSIDE THE MASS MEDIA. Journal of the Reading Association of Nigeria, 15 (2). pp. 1-22.
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The teaching of the English language in Nigeria and all the policies on the basis of which such ‘labour’ is carried out are all based on the perceived functional load of the language in Nigeria. As the official language of the nation, the English language is not only seen as a language of compromise in the Nigerian multilingual environment, but also as the language of international access. Literacy in it is therefore a thing of great prestige and offers the individual access to every world discourse. But achieving such literacy, particularly, in a second language situation as in Nigeria demands that the learner is immersed into discourse where a real encounter with the language is possible, as the language comes alive with all of its creative powers, hence, literature is often made an obligatory part of the study of English. Today, however, interest in such texts as novels and other literary texts has shifted to discourses in the mass media. This paper attempts to examine the texts of selected samples of these media, to ascertain their contribution to the present challenge of poor literacy in the English language among Nigerians.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Art |
| Depositing User: | Uchenna Eneogwe |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2025 09:45 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2025 09:45 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5253 |
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