INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE TEACHING AND THE INTEGRATION OF DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED GOALS IN CAMEROON.

Magdaline Bakume Nkongho

Higher Teachers Training Colege Maroua

Department of English and

Literatures of English Expression

E-mail: madonkongho@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This paper is a discussion on how the dissemination of skills, knowledge and know-how through indigenous languages can bring about meaningful development. It encourages the integration of global issues in the teaching of indigenous languages with specific concerns to Cameroon and offers proposals on how development-oriented lessons can be conceived and made possible to learners. The paper is going to contribute in portraying the values of indigenous language education in the development of skills and know-how of learners. The paper is partitioned into four sections: Section 1 is a discussion on the trend of indigenous language teaching in Cameroon. Section 2 gives a review of the syllabus of National Languages for Secondary general education. Section 3 dwells on the need for development oriented goals in indigenous language teaching. Section 4 gives practical suggestions on how such lessons can be conceived integrated into indigenous language teaching.