USAGE OF SOCIAL-MEDIA FOR TEACHING YOR LANGUAGE IN NIGERIAN HIGHERINSTITUTIONS

Abstract

This paper explores the usage of social media for teaching or b language in Nigerian higher institutions
Social-media as a cultural medium is also seen as a veritable platform to display or b oral poetry. Language
is an integral part of culture. Language policy in Nigeria was partly aimed at assigning roles to the major
languages (Hausa, Igbo and or b ) so as to curb the excess dominance of English over them. As history is
important to a nation, indigenous language is sine quo non to or b cultural values. The objective of this study
is to determine the major obstacles bedeviled with teaching of or b language with social media. The
challenge of this study hinged on attitude of or b Teachers to adopt social medial platform as a means of
teaching or b language in higher education during covid-19 era. The study concludes that Facebook,
WhatsApp, Instagram, and ouTube are social media platform for teaching or b language in Nigerian higher
education in new normal. Therefore, the study recommended among others that authorities of higher education
should organise training, Seminars, workshops, colloquium, and symposiums on the usage social media for
teaching or b language.