Teaching Science and Technology: The Employment of Indigenous African Languages

Adeyemi Johnson Ademowo

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Multilingual Education and Policy Second Language Learning and Teaching African cultural and philosophical studies

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Abstract OurpreoccupationinthispaperishowAfricanlanguagescouldbeusedeffectivelywithdominantEuropeanlanguagesintheAfricanpolitysuchasEnglishinachievingtheseeminglyherculeantaskofAfricantechno-scientificdevelopment.First,weexaminedvariousresearchesconductedineducation,communicationandpsychologyontheroleofindigenouslanguagesinknowledgeacquisition,inenhancingcognitiveunderstandingandinremovingpedagogicalbarriersinlearning.Next,weevaluatedtheprecariousstateofindigenouslanguagesinAfricanstates’ educational language policies. Last, we suggest how best to achieve an AfricanLanguagesScientificManualusingwhatwecalledthePragmaticApproximatingProcess. Keyword :Indigenouslanguages,Science,Technology,Development,Bilingualism,Africa. Introduction ThestateofdevelopmentinAfricatodayissuchthatthereishardlyanyAfricanwhodoesnotcraveforabetterAfrica:anAfricathatwillbefreeofthe'thirdworld'genre;anAfricathatwillnotbedumpinggroundforsub-standardgoodsandwhosecitizenswillnotbeguineapigsfortestingnewscientificproductsandaboveall;anAfricawheretherewillnotbedearthofallthatmakehumanstrulyhuman.AlotoffactorsareadduciblefortheprecariousconditionoflivinginAfrica.

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