THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN MULTICULTURALISM FOR PROMOTING PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: A CASE OF NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ABUJA, NIGERIA
Abstract
This paper examined the role of language in multiculturalism for promoting peaceful co-existence in schools. With the views, thoughts and beliefs of the subjects of the study, quantitative descriptive survey was seen best research design. The population for the study is all the lecturers and students of Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 20 lecturers and 20 students from all the Departments. A 10-researcher-designed language in multiculturalism for peaceful co-existence questionnaire (5 for lecturers and 5 for students) as instrument was given to experts in language Department for content validity. Reliability index of 0.63 was obtained using Pearson r statistic at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Percentile technique was used to answer the two research questions. Findings indicated high percentage in support of language as a unifying factor in Nigerian schools. It was concluded that majority of the respondents agreed that language is an instrument of social engineering for multiculturalism to strive in schools. Based on the findings and conclusion, it is recommended that government should encourage multiculturalism in schools since it is identified as inseparable and twin-brother of language, as language itself is the lubricant for all academic endeavours, among other recommendations.
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