French Language Education Thrives at National Teachers' Institute

Beginners Class

French is one of the most widely language used internationally in commerce, science, technology, research, administration, education, literature and many other disciplines. Despite the fact that French is not indigenous to any ethnic group in Nigeria, it has been declared the second official language.  The National Teachers' Institute (NTI), Kaduna, Nigeria has taken a giant stride to ensure the teaching and learning of French language at all levels of education in Nigeria. For this to be achieved effectively, French language courses are introduced from National Certificate Education ( NCE) Level to Degree Level in the institute..   As language of international society that is only rivaled by English, French will surely serve as a linguistic visa in disciplines like Banking, Pharmacy, Secretary ship, Medicine, Commerce, scientific and technological e t c. French language education will positively impact  on Nigerian youths if additional knowledge of an international language like French is acquired. French Language Class   In recent surveys it was observed that French language was made compulsory for all the students in the Junior Secondary Schools but there were not enough French Language teachers to teach the subject in the secondary schools. Most of the teachers teaching French language in the Junior Secondary Schools are mostly graduates from the College of Education who hold the National Certificate on Education (N.C.E). The decision is made in an attempt to ensure that there is enough professional French teachers to teach young Nigerian student in all basic education levels.  This created a lot of excitement among the students who are mainly adults. Many of them are learning French language for the first time in their lives. The emphasis is on teaching them to communicate fluently in French and also to enable them be efficient French language teachers.   For this to be achieved, communicative method of teaching the language is used for a specific purpose. Kudos to NTI, Nigeria. Forward Ever!