Its movement into Nigeria was caused by a lot of factors like trading, slavery colonization and missionary activities and this also led to the existence of pidgin language23 that is rampart all over the world but mainly in Nigeria. English language did not come to Nigeria on its own. Also according to William (1992) he agrees that language embodies the spirit of people who speak it also that grammatical forms have influence on the development of ideas.Īlthough English language is the country’s official language, it is also a second language because Nigerians already had their first language that is their mother tongue (li) before the invasion of the foreign language “English language” into the country. Such as perception, interpretation and judgment. Language does not only bring meanings to the world, it also shape one’s cognitive process. The samples used for the study were 100 students.Īccording to (Akwanya, 2010), language has often been identified as the most unique attribute of man and without language, there is no society.
The negative influence of Nigerian Pidgin on the use of English language by our respondent requires urgent and concerted effort to help the situation.
The data gathered from the questionnaire revealed that Pidgin English is spoken widely among the students. The Study adopted the survey research method using self-administered questionnaire. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of Pidgin English on student English language writing skills in Ebonyi State University.
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