Creating and Sustaining an Interactive and Result Oriented Language Classroom: An Implication for Language Teachers at the Basic Level

AbstractThis paper sees basic education as the foundation upon which all other forms of education are built; and it recognizes language as the veritable tool for imparting knowledge at any level of education. Creating and sustaining an interactive and result oriented language classroom at the basic level is thus the bedrock of any successful language education and language in education. The paper maintains that virile language development depends solely on how the foundation is laid at the early stages; this subsequently has effect on pupils’ academic achievement in all their subjects across the curriculum at the latter stages. It looks into various factors that militate against effective teaching and learning of language(s) at the basic level. It therefore, examines such variables as the teacher, the environment, methodology and teaching facilities/materials that could contribute to the creation and sustenance of an interactive and result oriented language classroom at the basic level in Nigeria and other countries of the world