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Adeniran, A.; Unoh, S. O. – West African Journal of Education, 1975
Two prose passeges (one English, one Yoruba) were used as reading texts in a study of 29 undergraduates in the University of Ibadan to determine whether native speakers of Yoruba read English texts faster and more efficiently than they read equivalent texts in Yoruba. Most read Yoruba more slowly than in English. (LBH)
Descriptors: African Languages, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, English (Second Language)