LANGUAGE AS A VERITABLE TOOL FOR SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Obiora Eke, Kathryn Ify Enwere

Abstract


Language is at the centre of education and the right language will certainly make for optimal achievement in learning. This paper argues that using the mother tongue or the language of the immediate environment in which the child is comfortable with will build a solid entrepreneurial foundation. The use of the language of the child’s immediate environment will give the child a solid entrepreneurial foundation before such a child is introduced to a foreign language, which is alien to him. As a nation committed to unity in diversity, there is no better way than the government recognizing the major and minor languages and developing them equally. In this way, multilingualism could become an asset for our country as well as a source of cultural and social enrichment.


Keywords


Language, Education, Learning and Environment

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