The word illiterate has become synonymous and even sometimes, has a denigrating sense in spite of this, most illiterate are in no way ashamed of their situation they are not concerned about them being illiterate and that is why few of them see no reason to learn.
According to several surveys, a large percentage of the population is illiterate and that sixty or seventy percent have no wish to learn to read and write.
Illiteracy has come to be a plague and we have reached a point where illiterates almost appear to be in an endangered group. This Is manifested by the strong military terminology now used in connection with illiteracy. But if this is seriously considered, there may be a change. This can also be seen in our children today when it comes to the English language. Some of the factors responsible are the interference of the mother tongue. African languages are tonal whereas English is a stress language. As a result, most English words are not correctly pronounced by Africans. Interference also leads to a tendency to do a direct translation of the mother tongue expressions into English. The outcome is incorrect English.
Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue in our history as the abolition of slavery.
-Maya Angelou
Furthermore, because of a poor background in English, there is a poor understanding of the language. Some of them have difficulty in even reading English words.
Making it a practice to speak English always will make these ones perfect and improve they're spoken and, by extension, written English.
If this step is looked into, there will be a marked improvement.
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