A prospective survey of native population’s attitude towards mother tongue based multilingual education (MTBMLE) and Fulfulde as medium of instruction in the Far North region of Cameroon

Herbert Rostand Ngouo

A prospective survey of native population’s attitude towards mother tongue based multilingual education (MTBMLE) and Fulfulde as medium of instruction in the Far North region of Cameroon

July 2022

Vol-8, Issue-4

Paper ID: 17816

ISSN: 2395-4396

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Research Area

educational linguistics

Keywords

Ethnic language Fulfulde national languages LIEP MTBMLE medium of instruction (MOI)

Abstract

This paper sets out to investigate the attitude of native peoples of the Far North Region of Cameroon towards MTBMLE and Fulfulde as a medium of instruction (MOI) in the primary school of the regions. The data were collected through a survey using a set of close-ended questions in a questionnaire administered to more than 467 informants. Some interviews were also conducted to gain more insights into the opinion of the populations towards this educational paradigm. The results show that people have a relatively favourable attitude towards MTBMLE but would likely not support the replacement of French by Fulfulde as MOI. The key finding therefore is that despite its uncontested status as lingua franca in the region, Fulfulde is not yet accepted as a language capable of assuming a more important role in education for ideological and practical reasons.

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#	Name	Institute / Affiliation
1	Herbert Rostand Ngouo	University of Maroua

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Ngouo, Herbert Rostand (2022). A prospective survey of native population’s attitude towards mother tongue based multilingual education (MTBMLE) and Fulfulde as medium of instruction in the Far North region of Cameroon. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 8(4), 1024-1039.

MLA Style

Ngouo, Herbert Rostand. "A prospective survey of native population’s attitude towards mother tongue based multilingual education (MTBMLE) and Fulfulde as medium of instruction in the Far North region of Cameroon." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 8, no. 4, 2022, pp. 1024-1039.

IEEE Style

Herbert Rostand Ngouo, "A prospective survey of native population’s attitude towards mother tongue based multilingual education (MTBMLE) and Fulfulde as medium of instruction in the Far North region of Cameroon," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1024-1039, 2022.

Vancouver Style

Ngouo Herbert Rostand. A prospective survey of native population’s attitude towards mother tongue based multilingual education (MTBMLE) and Fulfulde as medium of instruction in the Far North region of Cameroon. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2022;8(4):1024-1039.

Harvard Style

Ngouo, Herbert Rostand (2022) 'A prospective survey of native population’s attitude towards mother tongue based multilingual education (MTBMLE) and Fulfulde as medium of instruction in the Far North region of Cameroon', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 8(4), pp. 1024-1039.

Chicago Style

Ngouo, Herbert Rostand. "A prospective survey of native population’s attitude towards mother tongue based multilingual education (MTBMLE) and Fulfulde as medium of instruction in the Far North region of Cameroon." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 8, no. 4 (2022): 1024-1039.

Turabian Style

Ngouo, Herbert Rostand. "A prospective survey of native population’s attitude towards mother tongue based multilingual education (MTBMLE) and Fulfulde as medium of instruction in the Far North region of Cameroon." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 8, no. 4 (2022): 1024-1039.