Effectiveness of Yoruba Proverbs in Acquiring Yoruba Language and Culture

Autor/in	Adebimpe Adegbite
Titel	Effectiveness of Yoruba Proverbs in Acquiring Yoruba Language and Culture
Quelle	In: Modern Language Journal, 109 (2025) 1, S. 255-273Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Adebimpe Adegbite)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-7902
DOI	10.1111/modl.12991
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Foreign Countries; African Languages; Proverbs; Folk Culture; Indigenous Knowledge; Language Acquisition; Children; Early Adolescents; Elementary Secondary Education; Student Attitudes; Language Proficiency; Cultural Awareness; Native Language Instruction; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Sprichwort; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Child; Kind; Kinder; Schülerverhalten; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht
Abstract	In the Yoruba community, proverbs are regarded as Yoruba philosophy repository, with wisdom, brevity, criticality, and stored experience that are believed to be a viable tool of acquiring the language. Hinging on reversing language shift model theory, the study investigated: (a) whether Yoruba proverbs are effective in the acquisition of Yoruba language and culture by children, and (b) whether the language attitudes of Yoruba learners change with access to a structured Yoruba teaching framework using proverbs. This experimental study of 51 children (30 in the experimental group and 21 in the control group) between ages 7 and 13 and in Primary 4 to Junior Secondary School 3 in Ile-Ife, Southwest Nigeria, employed ethnographic, quantitative, and qualitative methods to analyze questionnaires, recordings, interviews, conversations, and field notes. Findings indicated that the competence of learners increased after the intervention. Additionally, the attitude of participants to the acquisition of Yoruba language and culture was greatly influenced in the positive direction. The study concluded that using Yoruba proverbs to teach Yoruba language and culture within a controlled framework improved the competence of learners and their attitude toward the acquisition and learning of the language and culture. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2025/3/08