LANGUAGE CONTACT AND LANGUAGE ... - KU ScholarWorks
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http://hdl.handle.net/1808/1789<br />
APPENDIX<br />
QUESTIONNAIRE ON <strong>LANGUAGE</strong> USE <strong>AND</strong> <strong>LANGUAGE</strong> ATTITUDE IN<br />
NIGERIA<br />
This questionnaire is designed to examine the attitude of Nigerians toward English<br />
Language and the Nigerian languages with special reference to Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo.<br />
SECTION A<br />
1. Age: 11-20 { } 21-30 { } 31-40 { } 51+ { }<br />
2. Sex: Male Female<br />
3. Occupation<br />
4. Level of Education: Nil Primary Secondary Post Secondary<br />
5. What is the name of your town/ state?<br />
6. Which Nigerian language is your mother tongue/first language?<br />
7. How do you come to be speaking this language?<br />
(a) I acquired it naturally right from birth<br />
(b) I learned it at school through teaching<br />
(c) I just picked it up through interaction with people in Nigeria<br />
8. How frequently do you use this mother tongue?<br />
Not at all Occasionally Regularly<br />
9. What changes have you noticed in your mother tongue recently?<br />
(a) Less spoken, especially among the youth<br />
(b) Always spoken, code-mixed with English<br />
(c) People are no longer comfortable speaking it<br />
(d) Renewed interest in it by scholars in Nigeria<br />
(e) No essential change/don’t know<br />
10. Do you speak English too? Yes No<br />
11. How do you come to be speaking English?<br />
(a) I acquired it naturally right from birth<br />
(b) I learned it at school through teaching<br />
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