LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT AND THE SURVIVAL OF TYAP: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL EDUCATION
LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT AND THE SURVIVAL OF TYAP: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL EDUCATION
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2014-09
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AYUBA, YUSUF
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Abstract
This study, entitled, “Language Endangerment and the Survival of Tyap: Implications for
Transitional Bilingual Education” examined the phenomenon of language endangerment
as it affects Tyap language. The study was triggered by concerns expressed by
stakeholders in Tyap-land at a recent seminar that Tyap could be an endangered
language. The study, therefore, set out to find out if Tyap was endangered, how such
endangerment could affect the survival of the language, and the implications of such a
development on bilingual education. To achieve the purpose of the study, research
questions were formulated to establish whether Tyap is endangered or not, the variables
responsible for the endangerment, which of the variables has the greatest impact in the
endangerment of Tyap and the implications of the endangerment of Tyap for bilingual
education. In pursuit of the objectives of the study, questionnaire and informal interview
were used for data collection. The data collected were analysed using descriptive
statistics of frequencies for biodata variables and the mean standard deviation and
standard errors including cumulative mean to answer the research questions. The Pearson
Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistics was used to test the research hypotheses
at 0.5 alpha level of significance to determine the relationship of the independent variable
with the dependent variable (survival/endangerment of Tyap language). The findings of
the study showed that Tyap is endangered and that Hausa language and the nontransmission
of Tyap by the older generation of Atyap to the younger generation largely
accounted for the endangerment of Tyap. The study recommended, among other
measures, that the Atyap Community Development Association (ACDA) should set up a
committee to create awareness on the need for Atyap to rise up and save their language
and another to work towards establishing vacation schools where older adults would
provide pre-school child care where Tyap children could be immersed in the language.
To achieve this end, a curriculum has been developed for the teaching of Tyap to young
and adult Atyap. The study concluded that the fate of Tyap language lies in the hands of
Atyap and urged them to rise up to the occasion and salvage their language
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF MASTER OF EDUCATION, TEACHING ENGLISH AS
A SECOND LANGUAGE (TESL
Keywords
LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT,, SURVIVAL,, TYAP,, IMPLICATIONS,, TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL EDUCATION,