Nigeria: Use of Foreign Language in learning, inimical to National Devt

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded  From: : edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


Daily Sun



Use of Foreign Language in learning, inimical to National Devt



A foremost computer engineer and Executive Director of African
Language Technology Initiatives (ALTI) Dr Tunde Adegbola, has
described the use of foreign language in the learning process as
inimical to national development.

Delivering the first distinguished guest lecture of the African
Regional Centre for Information Science (ARCIS), University of Ibadan
recently, Dr. Adegbola, who has done pioneering research work on
enhancing language and communication through technology, lamented that
"this unfortunate phenomenon, which manifests in the Nigerian
situation, can be a serious impediment to education."

He spoke on the topic: "Indigenising Human Language Technology for
National Development".



Full story:

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/education/2009/mar/31/education-31-03-2009-002.htm




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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
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