Facilitating Communication by Promoting Bilingualism Among Products of Intermarriages in Nigeria

Abstract

In a survey to determine how many students on the National
Diploma programme of the Federal College of Animal Health and
Production Technology who had parents from different languagespeaking
backgrounds, had acquired those languages and learned
English in addition; and how many others acquired pidgin English
instead, for communication, interesting discoveries were made.
Out of the 113 students that registered for Pre-National Diploma
(Pre-ND), 87 had parents whose first languages were different.
29 out of this number could not communicate in any of the
languages of their parents. 101 out of the 135 students that
registered for the National Diploma One (NDI) programme had
parents who originated from different language speaking
backgrounds but could hardly speak the languages of their
parents for lack of exposure to the codes.