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Mother Tongue Interference In English News Cast
[A CASE STUDY OF A KWARA TELEVISION NEWS]
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1.4 Justification
This
research topic “Mother Tongue Interference in English Newscast†is
important because the problem is obvious in almost all the media houses
in Nigeria.
Some authors have outlined the problems confronting our
media houses in Nigeria but few have given us solutions. An author like
Okoye (2007) outlined the problem of the press in Nigeria but did not
give solutions to such problems.
This research is set to look into the problems and proffer solutions to them with top priority given to the phonological aspect.
1.5 Methodology
This
research is to analyse the Kwara Television main News. This television
station has two sections of news. Basically, the news at five O’clock
and the news at half past six in the evening.
This research will
analyse one of the main news which is usually broadcast by two people
unlike the news at five which is shorter and taken by only one person.
More
people also listen to the main news compared to the one at 5pm perhaps
because it is fuller or later than the first or both.
Some of the
workers in the newsroom will be interviewed to know the philosophy,
ideology and the brief history of the television station.
The data
will be analysed using phonological rules because this is the most
pervasive type of interference according Romaine (1989, p.52).
In the
process, if questionnaire will be useful, it will also be composed and
given to some selected people in the society to know their reactions to
the media house and oral interviews can also be conducted.
These are some of the methods that have been chosen for the success of this work.
1.6 Data Description
Kwara
Television Authority UHF 35 (Socially responsible) was established in
1991 under the able leadership of Mall. Ishaq Maddibo Kawu. The
establishment was promulgated into a decree in (1997) with six
departments.
The departments are Administration, Accounts, Marketing, News, Programmes and Engineering.
After
the tenure of Mall. Maddibo, eight directors have managed the
Television station and Barrister Mohammed Abdul Raheem who is the
current General Manager was appointed on 16th June, 2010. And he is the
General Manager till date.
This station covers up to five states which are Kwara, parts of Oyo-state, Kogi, Ekiti and Osun states.
This
television station has the mind of becoming the best in all things
especially in informing people and updating them in all useful and
educating matters.
Most people complained of the time of the main
news which is (6:30pm) half past six. Many said they will still be at
work or not at home at the time of the news and few who listen to KWTV
news commend that the news is fuller and it covers more of the local
events which some other stations usually neglect.
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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---
