[PDF] The Impact of Colonial and Postcolonial Ghanaian Language

How did the development of vernacular language affect the world?

As a result, vernacular language empowered women and lead towards greater freedom of expression and by the fifteenth century, writings by women were no longer oddities (McCash, 2008). Additionally, advances in technology and the import of papermaking techniques were important for the rise of vernacular language (Slavitt, 1999).

What are the effects of learning in vernacular medium schools?

Learning in vernacular medium schools can have two types of effects on students. Either they can feel biased towards their native language, or they can fell diffident of being educated in vernacular medium school. The best way to make children learn is to teach them in their native language.

Should vernacular languages be used as a medium of instruction?

In contrast, use of an international language as a medium of instruction would promote mixing of people from different ethnic or racial groups that would still have their unique cultures and vernacular languages which do not necessarily have to be preserved through use of vernacular languages as medium of instruction at universities.

What is an example of a vernacular language?

Vernacular languages, often used for a relatively narrow range of informal functions, include ethnic or tribal languages which are usually the first languages learned by people from those ethnic or tribal groups. The most typical example of vernacular language is Black English Vernacular in America.