ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine the impact of mother tongue on children’s learning at the lower level of primary education in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State. Specifically, the study evaluated the relationship between mother tongue and children’s learning at the lower level of primary education, evaluated the impact of mother tongue on children’s learning at the lower level of primary education, examine whether there are sufficient periods to teach English language on the school time-table and examined whether pupils are exposed to correct pronunciation of words in English language. The study employed the survey descriptive research design. A total of 30 responses were validated from the survey. The study adopted the Linguistic Interdependence theory, and the threshold level Hypothesis. From the responses obtained and analysed, the findings revealed that there is a relationship between mother tongue and children’s learning at the lower level of primary education. Furthermore, mother tongue impacts on children’s learning at the lower level of primary education. The study recommend that Specialized teachers of mother tongues should be employed by school administrators as this will lead to the students being able to pronounce the words accurately and have the benefits of being taught by professionals, Sufficient periods to teach mother tongue should be allocated in time tables. More so, Mother tongues usage on children’s teaching should be encouraged as it leads to easy understanding on the part of the students.
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