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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Jun 25, 2019, 11:02:40 AM6/25/19
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Ladies & Gentlemen,

Im very pleased to report to this Forum that following our  heartfelt appeal to persons of goodwill around the world  about a year or two ago to facilitate the instruments of linguistic cohesion in Nigeria the Primal Linguist has heeded our call and hearkened, entered into the hearts of benevolence there to speak from.

Lo, this year is born the triplets of language apps for Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba the three widest spoken indigenous languages in Nigeria.  With this development enter Nigerian languages into the committee of global languages of power to be studied around the world without stepping a foot into a conventional brick and mortar classroom nor within the physical confines of the geographical milieu of native speakers. A comparatist's paradise.

                                          All praise be to the Primal Linguist
                                          At the crossroads.
                                          All praise be to the Great Levelller
                                          Who carved out
                                          A cavernous classroom
                                          For the crossrads
                                          Of Learning
                                          Plumbed from the interstices of space.
                                          An animistic classroom
                                           --'without walls
                                           To weld nations together


OAA
         

Michael Afolayan

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Jun 25, 2019, 6:45:29 PM6/25/19
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Prof. Agbetuyi: This is one heck of some good news! Although, I must add, even with this app (or these apps?) to learn any language to even a proficient, let alone a competent level, as Olmstead has long argued some five decades ago in his Out of the Mouth of Babes: Earliest stages in language learning, it will still require the human agent. That means we can't throw away the four corners of the classroom, neither can we ever discount "the physical confines of the geographical milieu of native speakers." I join you to salute  the Primal Linguist and thank you for your laudable pursuit!

 

MOA

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Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

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Jun 25, 2019, 6:45:30 PM6/25/19
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Wow.

A great well done!

Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju

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Jun 25, 2019, 6:45:48 PM6/25/19
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how does one get these apps?

OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Jun 26, 2019, 8:44:00 AM6/26/19
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The apps can be accessed from the play store link if any any android phone or tablet.

As a professional language teacher for non native speakers U commend the layout and methodologies of presentation of the apps as consistent with any college taught courses of their kind.  I meticulously went through the Igbo app and came to the conclusion non Igbo speakers who diligently apply themselves will without doubt be Igbo speakers. The same goes for the Yoruba app:  They use professional language teaching methodologies such as flash cards, vocabulary building verb classifications, matching and so on.


OAA



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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Jun 26, 2019, 9:27:26 AM6/26/19
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You are correct.  The learner will still need to interact with proficient speakers to reinforce skills learnt with the app.  The apps can take him to that stage. The difference between classroom  learning and apps learning as I discussed with ny Congokese-French student in 2017 is that the app is interactive by design in native language setting whereas the classroom setting is not.  It is steps beyond above classroom setting.

OAA



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Prof. Agbetuyi: This is one heck of some good news! Although, I must add, even with this app (or these apps?) to learn any language to even a proficient, let alone a competent level, as Olmstead has long argued some five decades ago in his Out of the Mouth of Babes: Earliest stages in language learning, it will still require the human agent. That means we can't throw away the four corners of the classroom, neither can we ever discount "the physical confines of the geographical milieu of native speakers." I join you to salute  the Primal Linguist and thank you for your laudable pursuit!

 

MOA

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OLAYINKA AGBETUYI

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Jun 26, 2019, 1:31:34 PM6/26/19
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Addendum.

One must add that such fluency in Yoruba or other languages is a necessarily STARTING point of usage in other linguistic cultural products of any language.

Just because a native English is born in London and can speak and write English proficient does not mean they will be excellent students of English literature.  Many Yoruba of my generation did poorly in Yoruba subject in high school even though they were born and bred in Yoruba land and spoke fluent Yoruba.  Many professor of Yoruba origin speak and write better in English than Yoruba.  The same holds true for Igbo.  This development serves as corrective to that.  It also helps diaspora children a lit with minimal supervision from parents and colossal savings.

OAA.




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Date: 26/06/2019 14:36 (GMT+00:00)
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You are correct.  The learner will still need to interact with proficient speakers to reinforce skills learnt with the app.  The apps can take him to that stage. The difference between classroom  learning and apps learning as I discussed with ny Congokese-French student in 2017 is that the app is interactive by design in native language setting whereas the classroom setting is not.  It is steps beyond above classroom setting.

OAA



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Date: 25/06/2019 23:58 (GMT+00:00)
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Prof. Agbetuyi: This is one heck of some good news! Although, I must add, even with this app (or these apps?) to learn any language to even a proficient, let alone a competent level, as Olmstead has long argued some five decades ago in his Out of the Mouth of Babes: Earliest stages in language learning, it will still require the human agent. That means we can't throw away the four corners of the classroom, neither can we ever discount "the physical confines of the geographical milieu of native speakers." I join you to salute  the Primal Linguist and thank you for your laudable pursuit!

 

MOA

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