NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
14/16 AHMADU BELLO WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
MARCH/APRIL 2014 EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: EDU728
COURSE TITLE: METHODS OF TEACHING NIGERIAN LANGUAGES (2CR)
TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTION: Answer Question 1 and any other 2 questions.
1a. Pick any minority language in Nigeria. State if it is a language of education. If it is, explain what it means for a language to be a language of education. 18marks
1b. If it is not, explain why it is not. 6marks
1c. Discuss what you can do to make it one. 6marks
2. Mention and discuss 2 advantageous reasons for the official recognition of the 3 major Nigerian languages and 5 disadvantageous reasons for recognizing them as majority languages. 20mks
3. Write short notes on the following:
i. a child’s telegraphic language stage ii. National language policy
iii. Error analysis iv. Evaluation v. creativity of language. 20mks
4. Discuss in full using 5 points each the notion of:
i. interference in second language learning. 10mks
ii. Transfer in second language learning. 10mks
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