Schoolchildren in urban areas should speak their native language in order not to lose their culture and tradition, the Deputy Director of the Bureau of Ghana Languages, Mr Peter Essien, has recommended.
He explained that language was part of culture so if children spoke their native language, they would get to know a lot more about their culture.
He said most children in urban areas knew more about other countries than their own country because they communicated in English and, therefore, read more about those countries.
Mr Essien said if foreign culture dominated the native culture, children grew up either forgetting or not knowing their culture at all.
According to him, children in the rural areas tended to speak their mother tongues more than English because parents spoke to them in their native languages.
“Also, children learn and become comfortable with whatever language they hear in their immediate environment and pick easily, hence if
By Yolander Jessica Parker-Allotey
Source: graphic.com.gh
