Language Barriers in Marriage: A Catalyst for Broken Homes and Students’ Poor Academic Performance
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https://doi.org/10.58425/ijpce.v1i1.80Keywords:
Language barriers, marriage, catalyst, broken home, academic performanceAbstract
Aim: The study examined language barriers in marriage as a catalyst for broken homes and students’ poor academic performance. The study aimed at finding solutions to the various causes of broken homes and its negative effects on students’ academic performance. The issue of broken homes has over the years created some bottlenecks in children education. This state of affair has gone a long way to affect negatively on the academic performance of the child in school especially junior and senior secondary school students. This is because the much-needed supports for the child in school are always absent. In Nigeria, there are growing proportion of broken homes and poor academic performance of students at all levels in schools in Nigeria.
Methods: The research adopted a descriptive research design.
Results: Findings showed that language barriers, lack of time management, poverty, over reaction, parental or friends influence, health and infertility and lack of effective communication are the main causes of broken homes among couples; emotional and psychological trauma, anxiety, truancy and laziness to class work activities negatively affects students’ poor academic performance in schools.
Conclusion: Consistent endurance, transparency, understanding, sympathy, sharing, caring, devotion and faithfulness are the major solution to broken homes.
Recommendations: The study recommend homes reconciliation and forgiveness (there should be adequate reconciliation and forgiveness to foster unity, love and acceptance by couples) and the government, counsellors, teachers, religious leaders and humanitarian groups should encourage couples to cherish their cultural values, particularly religious norm to foster good relationship back home. Also, should exercise divine guidance to discourage divorce in the light of God’s word.
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