Tag: Igbo language
The Detrimental Effects of Punishing Children for Speaking Their Native Language in Schools: A Nigerian Case Study
This article examines the counterproductive consequences of penalizing children for speaking their native languages in Nigerian primary and secondary schools
Why Should Parents Talk to Their Children in Their Native Language?
As a multilingual father of bilingual children, I am finding myself shocked and confused at the number of parents I run into who have chosen not to speak their native language to their children for various reasons or who have … Read more
It is wrong to punish a child because he speaks Igbo in school
What is the sense in telling our children not to speak in Igbo languages? Is that not stupid and self-defeating?