ABSTRACT
This chapter illustrates the direct effect language has on the overall quality and quantity of national educational outcomes, which affect and have a direct relationship with human capital, economic, and national development with particular focus on commerce, trade, and global relevance. The chapter further points out the challenges faced by multilingual nations in policymaking and prescribing the official language of learning. For post-independent nations, the question is whether to adopt the colonizer’s language and policies or to reinitiate the supremacy of the indigenous language. In breaking down the focus area of study, the chapter also references the researcher’s experience in teaching English language in Africa and in the United States. Finally, this chapter describes the field research used to gather data in this study and introduces the study’s research goals.
