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Multilingualism an Asset to National Development: Nigeria in Focus Oluchi, Lilian; Onyinyechi, Udushirinwa Ijeoma; Nonye, Nnani Henrietta
International Journal of Sustainability in Research Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024): January 2024
Publisher : MultiTech Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.59890/ijsr.v2i1.1264

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Linguistic diversity in the world today has been an issue of growing social importance because a majority of all living languages are threaded in their continued existence. This brought about this research work: “Multilingualism as an asset to national development, a study of Nigeria”. the main aim of this research work is to appreciate the idea that multilingualism may be an asset of national development or a liability, to find a way of supporting it, the equilibrium points between multilingualism and national development, to give it some valuable suggestions which might be of help in language planning in a multilingual and multicultural setting like Nigeria. to bring this to the limelight, some research works were carried out as the researcher shared out some questionnaires, of which the respondents were a total of one hundred copies were collected for the research, the respondent is the students of English department and from other departments in Madonna University Okija. With a percentage and a frequency table, the data were properly analyzed. The outcome or result obtained showed that multilingualism or linguistic diversity did not project or promote disintegration in the country; rather the linguistic diversity in Nigeria has been a national resource that helped to move the country forward and not take multilingualism to be an instrument for national disintegration. In conclusion, the researcher made some recommendations that both the people at the helm of affairs should help in promoting national development through the use of multilingual policy in the country and the dissemination of information materials to the public like newspapers, posters, computer applications and programs to promote multilingualism.
National Development and the Place of Multi-Languages: Nigeria in Focus Duru, Lilian Oluchi; Onyinyechi, Udushirinwa Ijeoma; Nonye, Nnani Henrietta
Journal of Legal and Cultural Analytics Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): February 2024
Publisher : PT FORMOSA CENDEKIA GLOBAL

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55927/jlca.v3i1.8117

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Difference in Languages been an issue of growing social importance because a majority of all living languages are threaded in their continued existence, the aim of this study is to appreciate the idea of different languages may be as an instrument of national development and wealth creation, the meeting point between Multilanguage and national Development, to give it some valuable suggestions which might be of help in language planning in multi-language and multicultural setting like Nigeria, to buttress this point, this study some questionnaires, of which the respondents were a total of one hundred copies were collected for the research, the respondent are the students of English department and from other departments in Abia State University. A percentage and a frequency table, the data were properly analyzed. The outcome or result obtained showed that multilingualism or linguistic diversity did not project or promote disintegration in the country; rather the linguistics diversity in Nigeria has been a national resource which help to move the country forward and not taking multilingualism to be an instrument for national disintegration. In conclusion, the researcher made some recommendations that both the people at the helm of affairs should help in promoting national development through the use of multilingual policy in the country and the dissemination of information materials to the public like newspapers, posters, computer application and hold programmes to promote multilingualism.