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Mother Tongue Interference In English News Cast
[A CASE STUDY OF A KWARA TELEVISION NEWS]
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
If
the question “what is language?†is asked, it has many senses and can
be variously defined. It can be language of a particular field like
science, humanity just to mention few. It can also be the animal
language, sign language and many other types of languages.
Human
language especially spoken dominates them all. Human language is
natural. According to Adebayo (1995), “Language (Human Language) is one
of the chief means by which a person learns to organise his experiences
and thoughtsâ€
In Adebayo’s words above, human language is one out of
many means by which a person’s experiences and thoughts can be
organised. This supports the many senses that language has. And also,
without language, (spoken) thoughts will never be born and experiences
of life will be wasted because no one will be able to learn from them.
Communication is the major bridge that links the whole world.
Communication is a crucial factor in the society at large and there is
pieces evidence that prove this. The global village and the internet
prove this among others.
Language whether written, spoken, sign or
through any means is a tool for communication and English language, out
of many languages of the world has emerged the most used language all
over the world. The global village use this language (English) and it
stands to be the language of the net.
English language accords
respect and pride to its speakers but some have been left with the
effective use of this language especially in the countries where the
language (English) is not the mother tongue or the first language one
comes in contact with, for instance in countries like Nigeria, Ghana and
many others.
The language teachers, the broadcasters and some few
others have been left with the duty of speaking the correct version of
English language in Nigeria. And if this proof is true, these categories
of people should speak error free English. However, it is unfortunate
that some of our broadcasters still goof on air and this distorts
communication. In the light of the above, this research is out to work
on the use of language in English newscast under the title “Mother
Tongue Interference in English Newscast: a Case of a Recorded Kwara
Television Newsâ€
1.1 The Research Problem
This work knows that
some issues that have become problems in our media houses have been
handled by some scholars. For instance, Medubi (2007) and Okoye (2007).
Both of them dwelt more on the problems confronting the press in Nigeria
but not directly as this work will handle it. No one has really worked
on how Mother Tongue Interference distorts communication in our media
houses in Nigeria. This work will look into this problem and will try to
proffer solutions.
1.1.1 Research Question
In handling the
research problem above, this research will focus its attention on this
question: How much does Mother Tongue Interference distorts
communications in our media houses in Nigeria?
1.2 Research Purpose
The purpose of this research is to achieve some set goals.
Firstly, this research is to further enlighten the media on the importance of Standard English.
Secondly,
this research is to also help the second language teachers. Since they
are the foundation layers of all learners and when the foundation of a
leaner is solid, anything built on it will stand erect.
Lastly, this
research will be useful for the media and the second speakers of the
English language on how to produce sounds of English that will be free
from Mother Tongue Interference.
1.3 Scope of the Study
This work
will focus on “Mother Tongue Interference in English Newscastâ€.
Different authors have dealt with his topic from different perspectives.
Hoffmann (1991) identified four major types of mother tongue interference in English.
a) Interference at the phonological level
b) Interference at the grammatical level
c) Interference at the lexical level
d) Interference in spelling.
Alabi
(2007) also identified three types of mother tongue interference in
English which are: phonological interference, lexical interference and
grammatical interference.
This research will concentrate on the
phonological level of mother tongue interference because it deals mainly
with speech (Day to day conversation).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTLanguage and man are inseparable and since the languages of the world come in contact, there is bound to be a problem like mother tongue interference which is a sociolinguistic phenomenon. This work takes for granted that grammatical competence is totally different from phonological competence and it has worked on this premise using phonological conventions in analysing the sampled data. The findings proved that interference at the phonological level is a major problem confronting our me ... Continue reading---
