How should we view African students whose first language is English and their mother tongue? Should English speaking African students be placed in an ESL classroom with students whose English is not as proficient as theirs? This paper examines the essays of Nigerian students placed in an ESL class to determine if they are scholastically capable of opting out of the ESL classes required for international students. It also reflects on the classification system for English speaking Africans and their viewpoints on the use of the English language.
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Olubukola Y. Salako. (2015). Marginalized Labeling: An Evaluation of English Speaking Africans Classified as ESL Students. International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 2(5-1), 56-62. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijll.s.2014020501.18
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