PROVERB: A TOOL FOR TEACHING UNITY AND PEACE AMONG ACCULTURATION STUDENTS

Abstract

Peace and unity have been recognized by scholars as the primary condition for progress and nation building but reverse is the case when it comes to Nigeria, disintegration, chaos and war are order of the day. This is one of the reasons why acculturation programme was established to foster peace and unity among Nigerian students especially among second language learners. It is in this view that this paper appraises the relationship between proverb, unity and peace, using Hermeneutics theory to analyze each proverb that can be taught among the acculturation students in Igbo and Yoruba languages. The paper explains how proverb could be utilized to promote peace and unity among the students that are learning Igbo and Yoruba as L2. The paper adopted research method by consulting others scholar’s works and visited net to source for materials. The major finding is that, opportunities provided by proverbs have not been applied to achieve peace and unity among Nigerian students. The study concluded that, it is our bounded duty to cultivate the habit of using proverb in our day to day activities in order to promote team spirit among children/students. The paper recommended among other things that Proverb should be included into the schools Curriculum as General studies (GSE) for higher institution in Nigeria