TY  - JOUR
T1  - Vocabulary Development Through Gaming: The Nigerian Language Experience
AU - , Biodun Akinpelu 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
SP  - 258
EP  - 261
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2008.258.261
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2008.258.261
KW  - Vocabulary
KW  -language
KW  -development
KW  -education
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - Language   teaching  and  learning  are  essential  in  educational  and  economic  development in any multi-ethnic and multi-lingual society like Nigeria. The recognition given to language development in formal education is amply demonstrated in Nigeria`s National Policy on Education as L1 or L2. Games and simulations as tools in learning and instruction are gaining recognition world over. The Federal Government College, the Unity Schools in Nigeria are a fertile ground promoting the teaching of mother tongue and second indigenous languages. The Nigerlang experience with three main Nigerian languages (Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba) has shown a supportive evidence of the viability of games in language skills development and in the promotion of Nigeria`s rich cultural heritage. Similar experience can be developed to teach skills in other domains of learning thus making learning less stressful but pleasurable, even in other lands.
ER  -