By Hook or By Crook: Leveraging English-Igbo Scaffolding for Early Igbo Language Acquisition in Young Children
Dozie Chinomso Patricia — Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State Nigeria, Chimakpam Ugonna — University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria; Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Trust, Doncaster, UK | The 23rd Annual International Conference of the Igbo Studies Association (ISA) (2026)
The intergenerational transmission of the Igbo language is in critical decline, particularly in the diaspora. While pure immersion is often the pedagogical default, it can impose an overwhelming cognitive load on children in English-dominant environments. This paper introduces Engli-Igbo Scaffolding, …