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Phonological Interference In Television Newscast In Nigeria
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1.3 Research Question
In handling the research problem above, this research will focus its
attention on this question: How much does mother tongue interference
distorts communications in our media houses in Nigeria?
1.4 Research Purpose
The purpose of this research is to achieve some set goals.
Firstly, this research is to further enlighten the media on the importance of Standard English.
Secondly, this research is to also help the second language teachers.
Since they are the foundation layer of all learners and when a
foundation learner is solid, anything built on it will stand erect.
Lastly, this research will be useful for the media and the second
speakers of the English language on how to produce sounds of English
that will be free from mother tongue interference.
1.5 Scope of the study
This work will focus on mother tongue interference in English newscastâ€
Different authors have dealt with this topic from different
perspectives.
Hoffmann (1991) identified four major types of mother tongues interference in English.
a) Interference at the phonological level
b) Interference at the grammatical level.
c) Interference at the lexical level
d) Interference in spelling
Alabi (2007) also identified three types of mother tongue interference in English which are:
Phonological interference, lexical interference and grammatical interference.
This
research will concentrate on the phonological level of mother tongue
interference because it deals mainly with speech (Day to day
conversation).
1.6 Justification
This research
topic “phonological interference in television Newscast in Nigeria†is
important because the problem is obvious in almost all the media house
in Nigeria.
Some authors have outlined the problems confronting our media in Nigeria but few have given us solutions.
An author like Okoye (2007) outlined the problem of the press in
Nigeria but did not give solutions to such problems. And this research
is set to look into the problems and proffer solutions to them with top
priority given to the phonological aspect.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work focused on the phonological interference in television newscast in Nigeria. Phonological interference as one of the problems encountered by television newscasters in Nigeria, more especially some Yoruba and Hausa newscasters in NTA since it is our area concentration the work has been treated using six major interference phenomena. This project has helped to identify some of the challenges facing the newscasters in the media houses on the phonological level. This research work ... Continue reading---
