Symposium 7: Issues in the Teaching and Learning of the Igbo Language
DATE: 28th November, 2016
What are the problems confronting the learning of the Igbo language and how should they be concretely addressed? This question forms the core of every paper to be submitted for the next symposium. It is one thing to hear of the Igbo language and its death, of the children not speaking the language, of Engl-Igbo, and so on; but it is an entirely different thing to proffer concrete solutions to such problems.
This year's Igbo Language Symposium @ UNIZIK shall therefore welcome only the papers that not only identify concrete issues in Igbo language studies, but also proffer and demonstrate concrete solutions to the identified problems.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
1. Opening
9.30 a.m. Guests take their Seats
9.45 a.m. Organizer’s Opening Remarks
2. Paper Presentation
| 10.00 10.40 | Nkoli Mercy Nnyigide & Adaobi Ngozi Okoye (UNIZIK): Reading- Comprehension Proficiency: A Case Study Of Igbo L2 Learners Of Nnamdi Azikiwe University |
| 10.40 11.20 | Ayogu, I. Ikechukwu and Adetunmbi, A. Olusola (FUT,Akure): Developing Computational Tool Systems For Igbo Language: We Need Answers To A Few Questions |
| 1.20 12.00 | Aloysius U. Umeodinka (UNIZIK): Learners’ Fluency Challenges In The Igbo Language: The Fault Of All Stakeholders |
| 12.00 12.40 | Ikechukwu Okodo (UNIZIK): The Igbo Language As General Studies Courses: A Permeating Means Of Propagating The Igbo Language |
| 12.40 1.20 | Igbeakụ, Benjamin Chimuatụlamụra & Igbeakụ, Dorathy Onyinyechi (UNN): Empirical Solutions To The Pedagogical Challenges Of Igbo As A Second Language |
| 1.20 2.00 | Purity Ada Uchechukwu (UNIZIK): “Nativeness” As Criteria In The Heritage Language Classroom: Spanish And Igbo As Heritage Languages For “Native” Speakers |
| LUNCH BREAK (2.00 – 2.40 PM) | |
| 2.40 3.20 | Chinweude N. Ugochukwu (UNIZIK): Teaching And Learning Igbo As A Second Language: Challenges And Prospects |
| 3.20 4.00 | Nkiru C. Kammelu (ACE, Ondo): Teaching And Learning Of Igbo As A Second Language: A Review of Some Colleges Of Education |
| 4.00 4.40 | Linda Chinelo Nkamigbo (UNIZIK): Teaching And Learning Of The Grammatical Functions Of Igbo Tone In The Diaspora |
| 4.40 5.20 | Ibekwe Faith T. (FCE, Yola): Challenges Of Teaching And Learning Igbo As A Second Language |