MONICA NNENNE OKAFOR, (Ph.D.)
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES
EBONYI STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
IKWO.
Abstract.
The focus of this paper was on enhancing the communicative competence of speakers of Nigerian indigenous languages in a non-native speaking environment especially the Igbo language. The primary object was to arrest the erosion of competence in the Igbo language among the Igbo in the diaspora. The paper advanced its thesis using the analytical method and library research methods, focusing mainly on reviews and analysis of relevant examples of possible real life activities. The theoretical framework of analysis of data was the communicative/functional theory. The paper concluded that applying the communicative language teaching strategies in teaching the Igbo in diaspora would address the deficiency of the learners in their ability to actually perform in the language in real-life situations. The paper recommended the training and retraining of Igbo language teachers both in the home and foreign lands to be facilitators rather than transmitters of learning, among other recommendations.
Keyword: Communicative Competence, Language, Diaspora And Communicative Language Teaching Strategies.
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