French Language Teaching and Productivity Enhancement in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges

Abstract

Language Teaching has been greatly considered in Nigeria as the basic tool
of national integration towards productivity and development. The reason is
that language teaching is seen as a great investment to produce quality of
human resources needed for productivity and development. But unfortunately
language teaching in Nigeria is bisected with myriads of problems. These
includes; poor funding, poor facilities, inadequate teachers, inadequate
teaching aids (Projectors, Computers, Laboratories and Libraries) among
others. In this paper, we attempt to discuss the concept of Language Teaching
and Productivity in Nigeria. The paper examines French Language Teaching
in Nigeria and the problem facing the language, bearing in mind the level
of Government’s input to enhance its productivity. It also discusses some of
the factors bedeviling French language teaching and productivity in Nigeria
and suggests possible ways of improving on the level of its present output.
Keys: French Language Teaching, productivity enhancement, Issues and
Challenges.