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    Dichotomizing language teaching and language learning practices
    (The Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education University of Ibadan. Ibadan. Nigeria, 2017) Akinsola I. T.; Idumu,A. I.; Adegoke, A. F.
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    The reflection of teachers in selected Yoruba comic films:a satire and a label
    (2018) Akinsola I. T.; Adeyinka, A. A.
    Teachers are professionals who develop and nurture young individuals into responsible and productive citizens. As such, the teaching profession is a noble profession which is expected to be respected by all and sundry in the society. Teachers as role models, who are professionally trained and certified, are men and women o f integrity, commitment, contentment and discipline. However, most people today do not see them this way, especially in Nigeria. This is partly due to the acts offew culprits, which the selected comic films satirize jocularly looking at the films from the perspective of sociology of literature and partly due to the way our society has labelled them, looking at the films from the perspective o f labelling theory in sociology. Hence, the reflections o f teachers in the selected Yoruba comic films are seen, in this paper, as both a satire and a label. The connection between comedy and satire in the Yoruba society suffices for seeing the reflection as a satire. This, on the other hand, is seen as a negative label on teachers in the society, as persons labelled are to behave in line with their label: according to the labelling theory. Therefore, while it is important that literature, in which film is a genre, satirizes societal ills, it is equally important that literary artists do not blur the social image of certain people. If this would be achieved, this paper concludes that generalisation must be avoided while satirising societal ills
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    Influence of Mother Tongue Interference on Senior Secondary School Students' Articulation of English Sounds in Ibadan North Local Government Area
    (2019-06) Akinsola I. T.; Olaosebikan T. O.
    This study investigated the influence of mother tongue (Yoruba) interference on secondary school students' articulation of English sounds in Ibadan north local government area of Oyo state. The study adopted a descriptive qualitative research design. Two public secondary schools were randomly selected in Ibadan North and five students, whose mother tongue is Yoruba and who accepted to participate in the study, were purposively selected from each school. Ten (10) purposively selected students took part in this study. English Sounds' Pronunciation Passage (ESPP) was used for data collection. Students 'pronunciations were tape-recorded and transcribed accordingly for content analysis. This was used to answer the two research questions raised. Findings, thus, revealed that students found it difficult to articulate English consonant (/z/JY\/,/d/,/0/,/v/) and vowel (73 • /,/a/,/a:/,/A/,/D ■ IJcel,/i:IJ.3 ■ /Ju:/,/S\/,/i3/,/ei/Jdtd/,/Za/,to3/,/la/) sounds correctly because of interference from their mother tongue (Yoruba). Hence, the sound system o f the students' first language (Yoruba), to a great extent, negatively influenced their articulation o f English sounds. It was, therefore, recommended, among others, that teachers should lay more emphasis on the areas o f differences in English and Yoruba sounds while teaching oral English in classes where majority o f students are Yoruba native speakers.