Asimiyu ADEKUNLE

Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

University of Lagos

Activities and Societies: 2007-2008 Assistant Artistic Director, Akerefinusogbon Theatre Troupe, Linguistics African and Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, UNILAG The teaching of "translation" as a topic in the Yorùbá language in our schools may be somehow challenging. It may be due to the fact that the knowledge the Yorùbá teacher has at his/her disposal is not enough to dish out the facts about the topic. Apart from this, some students also show a lackadaisical attitude towards the language. All these challenges necessitated our interest in investigating the language and the topic, and it gave birth to this topic: “Àgbéyè̩wò Àwo̩n Ìs̩oro Tí… Show more The teaching of "translation" as a topic in the Yorùbá language in our schools may be somehow challenging. It may be due to the fact that the knowledge the Yorùbá teacher has at his/her disposal is not enough to dish out the facts about the topic. Apart from this, some students also show a lackadaisical attitude towards the language. All these challenges necessitated our interest in investigating the language and the topic, and it gave birth to this topic: “Àgbéyè̩wò Àwo̩n Ìs̩oro Tí Wó̩n Ń Kojú Olùkó̩ Àti Aké̩kò̩ó̩ Lórí Kíkó̩ Aáyan Ògbufò̩”. (An Investigation into Challenges Facing the Teaching and Learning of Translation). Show less

University of Lagos

Nigerian languages (Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba) have been rendered useless, and the multiplier effect of this action is nothing but brain-drain. No one can think on his/her own except for the thought(s) to be foreign-oriented. We just need to think twice in Nigeria. No matter how good and productive we are, we can never be more royal than the king. It is on this motion and notion that a thesis on this topic was written: "Nigerian Language Policy: Its Relevance to National Development"… Show more Nigerian languages (Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba) have been rendered useless, and the multiplier effect of this action is nothing but brain-drain. No one can think on his/her own except for the thought(s) to be foreign-oriented. We just need to think twice in Nigeria. No matter how good and productive we are, we can never be more royal than the king. It is on this motion and notion that a thesis on this topic was written: "Nigerian Language Policy: Its Relevance to National Development" . This study was on postgraduate scholarship from the University of Lagos Muslim Alumni (UMA) for 2014 - 2015 academic session. Show less

University of Lagos

Activities and Societies: 2011-2012 Class Governor, Master Students of the Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies, Faculty of Lagos, University of Lagos Speaking flawless English language has been a headache among some groups of people in Nigeria. Surprisingly, some people of my ethnic group (Yorùbá) still commit blunders while speaking the indigenous language. Some times, the level of application of code-mixing and code-switching might be too ungrammatical. We discovered distortions in the Standard Yorùbá language (SY) and a flair to bring it to the notice of everybody prompted this thesis topic: "Distortions in the Use of Standard Yorùbá… Show more Speaking flawless English language has been a headache among some groups of people in Nigeria. Surprisingly, some people of my ethnic group (Yorùbá) still commit blunders while speaking the indigenous language. Some times, the level of application of code-mixing and code-switching might be too ungrammatical. We discovered distortions in the Standard Yorùbá language (SY) and a flair to bring it to the notice of everybody prompted this thesis topic: "Distortions in the Use of Standard Yorùbá Language in the Contemporary Society: A Syntactic and Semantic Analysis".I got a Teaching Assistant postgraduate scholarship from the University of Lagos Postgraduate School for the 2011 - 2012 academic session to run this programme. Show less

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