LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN NIGERIA: ISSUES OF COMPETENCY AND PERFORMANCE

Abstract

There are issues that Language teachers face while carrying out their day to day activities in the classroom.
Some of them include mother tongue interference, use of instructional materials, challenges of the modern
technological facilities, confusion of the target Language and even the learners’ and teachers’ personal
challenges too, etc. These challenges can affect the learning processes in the Language classrooms. This paper
discusses some issues faced in the Language classroom and proffer suggestions among others that the creation
of in-service training opportunities for English language teachers in Nigeria is one way of improving their
professional skill; provisions for self-improvement must be allowed by the management as to give the English
teachers ample opportunities to develop themselves and english teachers must be motivated and encouraged in
terms of favourable conditions of service.