‘Language Educators’ Gender Views on the Arabic Language as Tool for Combating Economic Recession in Nigeria
Author: Musibau Adebayo, Lawal (Ph.d)
Abstract: Economic recession is a significant decline in economic activity which spread across the economy lasting more than a few months, normally visible in a real gross domestic product (GDP), real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales. The purpose of this research is to find the view of language educators of the university Ilorin at both faculty of Arts and Education on Arabic as a tool for combating economic recession in Nigeria. The variables considered are all the language educators. The population for this study was all the language educators at both faculty of Arts and Education which is 45. A purposive sampling technique was used to select this number. There is only a research question with a corresponding hypothesis which was tested using mean, standard deviation, and t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The instrument used for the study was a checklist that includes 15 items. The result shows that there was no significant difference between male and female lecturers’ views on the Arabic language as a tool for combating economic recession in Nigeria. From the result above, it could be concluded that the Arabic Language is a tool for combating economic recession in Nigeria and recommended that government should encourage the teaching of the Arabic Language in the various institutes of the nation to encourage its facilitation.