Naija Graduate's. (Page 4)

Quote from: oyindabty on 24-09-2010 04:13 PM

y is it that some of d graduate's in naija can not even speak a simple correct english just to express deir sef in a simple statement.
sometimes i wonder wht the problems/faults are from its becos of that state of the country, or from d skool, lack of jobs, or lack of good enviroment, or family, or them dey form , or up bringing, becos i no understand again oo.     
 
Am askin dis becos i was in a bus to ikeja dis afternoon and infact you need to be there to hear all wht i heard. just becos of change a young handsome guy just insult himsef tryin to collect his change from the conductor inside a public bus not even BRT.
  abi na by force pls i need ur idea's and view concernin dis issues and way to improve on it becos i think dis is one of the major probs of some youth in naija. especially pple frm my state/country

@poster,communication is not all about speaking grammar..it's all about understanding.you can be a graduate who speaks the best English but when i comes to practicing what you studied you become nuisance...lets see communication beyond English speaking.   

Posted: at 27-09-2010 11:46 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie

  Na so

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Posted: at 27-09-2010 01:14 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero

you wey dey talk you don fit speak ur language well talk more of speaking good English abi we tell you say naija na England even the Americans cant even speak good English you dey condemn naija graduate because of english.

Posted: at 27-09-2010 02:12 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

u r so phyukd up chick,go learn ur spelling right u dig!..........................just passing.

Posted: at 27-09-2010 02:33 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Nigerians and Ghanaians have this problem on the massive scale....I believe in Nigeria and Ghana there is a culture of nationalism which is over exhibited to the point that they prioritize their local dialects more than English...I have seen some nigerians and ghanaians who do not even know the basics of  English as that is..Subject and Verb agreement...it is absolutely pathetic to an extent that when they speak I will bow my head in shame

Posted: at 27-09-2010 03:24 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

Its not right of you to generalize.There are Nigerian graduates holding their own within and naija.if am to quote you-you said Nigerian graduate cannot express deir selfs.That's wrong.It should be Nigerian graduates cannot express themselves. so i guess u also fall into the class of people you trying to describe.

Posted: at 27-09-2010 04:55 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

Aslong as sumone can understand you.Indians can barely speak good english but still they do well.But still they study very hard and they do really well.And their educational system is very high.

Posted: at 27-09-2010 06:54 PM (13 years ago) | Hero

This has been a subject of concern to me for a while.....so I just can't help but put in my own "two cent" in the subject.
First, its sad that even a Liberian guy has the guts to say something too, thanks to the other poster who corrected him. I live in the USA and the people with the meanest spoken English-from Africa-are Liberians.
Now, though it has been pointed out, the original poster could not even write correctly.
Also, I think we're experience a generational decline. More and more students have become complacent with their studies
The internet is not helping as such, unless of course you make it help you. People post stuff and use such spellings  as "ur sebi,abi,deir,cm,the list is endless. In the use of English language, code switching may be welcomed, but an outright code mixing as in pidgin English could be demeaning to the writer.

 I'll tell you right a way, I'm a pretty good writer, but do I make mistakes? you bet I do. However, some mistakes are scandalous.

 get this right, accent is not the same as bad grammar, so when you talk about Indians and others in Japan, its a little different. I sure would not hold you responsible for bad English usage just because you speak with an accent. So the age long lie that, English is not my mother tongue is indeed, outdated.


How can we solve this problem? I do not think its within any of us here to pontificate on that subject. It all goes back to the government to reshape our school system. I must add that, it is true that folks do murder the language in Nigeria, its sad but a pathetic truth. As far as this forum is concern, please and please, its not that hard, read your post over again, spell check before you post. Once again, it all goes down to individual laziness.

Posted: at 27-09-2010 08:20 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

WHO?

Posted: at 28-09-2010 10:03 AM (13 years ago) | Hero

Okay, if you said so, why is it that English Language is compulsory for
all Nigerian institutions (from primary to tertiary)? With that mentality,
we won't go anywhere with the way some of us express ourselves
in English Language.

Posted: at 28-09-2010 11:07 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac