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Good afternoon. Good afternoon. What's your name and department? My name is Cindy Kestoa
I'm from the Department of Linguistics, School Books and other Nigerian language. Okay
Nice to meet you. Pleasure. Okay, so linguistics. What can you tell us about linguistics as a department in this school
Nothing much, but linguistics is fun. It's fun. It's fun. Just that most people tend to mistake it for being foreign languages, but it's different
from foreign languages. Over here in linguistics, we actually offer a foreign language as an elective
Again, in foreign languages, you study foreign languages there. I doubt they will teach you anything in English there
But in linguistics, we do semantics, meaning of meaning, pragmatics, the contextual meaning
of something. Okay. Then we do anthropology, we do phonology, phonetics, languages of the world
We also do publishing too. We do publishing as a course in linguistics
So there are some students that are considered average, you know, from secondary school in
English language. Do you think that that category of students can study linguistics in university
Of course. Of course. That someone is an average student does not limit himself to what he or she can actually achieve. Okay
An average student, you know, if you get admission to study linguistics, you're definitely
putting effort. Yeah. You will do far, far better. Oh. Like me now, taking myself as an example, I wasn't really a bright student then in
secondary school. Okay. But okay, I got admission from 2-15. You know, my classmates and my lecturers, you know, classmates in particular, they will
be there with you. Yeah, that motivates you. Yeah, motivation will be there. You will find yourself going to night class, to read, so that you will not fail. Yeah
And there are some courses that are three-week-long courses. Trust me, you don't want to have them
You agree. You agree. Yes. So, I'm an average student. It's possible
It's possible. Of course. It is. It is. Yes, it is. So, how demanding is linguistics
Like, is it a course that doesn't give you the time to engage in any other activity or
is it flexible? No, no, it's flexible. It is, yes. It's flexible
It's flexible. I, most times, I tell myself that I'm happy I'm in the linguistics department because
when I go to other departments, I see what they are doing there
In linguistics, I'm happy I'm there. Yeah. Take English department, for example, because in my first year, I borrowed a course from
English department where we had to read about 50 literary texts. You understand
We don't do that in linguistics. Nobody will ask you to go and read 50 literary texts
Anyone who did drama programs, you read 50 literary texts in drama, you read 50 literary
texts in prose, you know. No, no, no, no. I prefer linguistics
I prefer linguistics. How lucrative is the linguistics course in Nigeria? Okay, it is. It is
It is. They said you can work at it any year. I believe. Because it's a free course
You can work at any year. For example, I'm a linguistics major. I'm a linguistics major. I'm a linguistics major
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