NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)0
Since 2006 (last 20 years)1
Descriptor
Access to Education1
Advocacy1
African Languages1
Bilingualism1
Change Strategies1
Educational Change1
Educational Needs1
Educational Policy1
Educational Practices1
English (Second Language)1
Foreign Countries1
Language of Instruction1
Multilingualism1
Reading Motivation1
Sustainable Development1
Teacher Educator Education1
More ▼
Source
Forum on Public Policy Online1
Author
Onukaogu, Chukwuemeka1
Publication Type
Journal Articles1
Reports - Evaluative1
Education Level
Audience
Location
Nigeria1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing one result Save | Export
Biliteracy and the Attainment of Sustainable Development in Multilingual Nigeria
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Onukaogu, Chukwuemeka – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2008
Although Nigeria understands the indispensability of English in its human and material development, sustainable development has continued to elude it because of its failure to develop bi-literacy in English and its Mother Tongues (MTs). The products of its school system cannot, with fluency, read and write in both. Examining why inter/intra…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Multilingualism, Bilingualism