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1 sty 2013 · Section 1 is made up of three (3) chapters which addressed the issues of management and funding; section 2 comprises four (4) chapters relating to gender and issues of inclusiveness, and...
ENG211 : History of the English Language is a three-unit course available for students taking BA English and BA (Ed) English programmes. The course introduces you to the history of the development of English Language from Old English to its present status as a world language.
1 cze 2009 · The study examined the semantic manifestations of English words in the Nigerian contexts and the implications for teaching in Nigerian secondary and primary education.
language. This paper therefore discuses from a historical point of view, the English language in Nigeria while paying attention to its origin, functions, problems as well as recommendations to the problems discussed. The Origin of the English Language in Nigeria The exact date that English language usage started in Nigeria is not certain. It is
26 maj 2009 · The use of the English language in Nigeria dates back to the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century when British merchants and Christian missionaries settled in the coastal towns called Badagry, near Lagos in the present day South Western Nigeria and Calabar, a town in the present day South Eastern Nigeria.
The wide and varied use of English in Nigeria has led Brosnaham2 to characterize the role of English as follows: 'English is the language of commerce and the law, of politics jgid the administration, of education and of culture at all levels above the local. An adequate knowledge of English is an indispensable require-
Literature analysis makes it possible to distinguish three periods in the description and research of English in Nigeria: pre-linguistic, political and linguistic; these periods correlate with the stages in the history of English in Nigeria.
