Mujibat Opeyemi Omotokese

Sociolinguistic study of French in private schools in Lagos Mujibat Opeyemi Omotokese

This paper studies the sociolinguistic context and the teaching of French in some private schools in Lagos, Nigeria, a multilingual English speaking country surrounded by French speaking countries. In this perspective, our work aims to: 1. identify the languages taught in private schools in Lagos; 2. expose the teaching of French in these private schools; 3. identify the role of French in private schools in Lagos; 4. To highlight the characteristics of French spoken and taught in private schools in Lagos. However, we were able to show that learners have difficulties in mastering French as a result of the multiple languages spoken and taught in private schools in Lagos. Thus, the expressions of teachers and learners are characterized by interference, codic alternation and borrowing.