Re-Engineering the English Language Education in Nigeria for Sustainable Knowledge Economy in a Digitalized World (Published)
The increasing rate of digitalization and globalization has created serious needs for people in the workforce who can communicate in multiple languages gives an edge in a multilingual and digitalized world and also creates varied opportunities for development. To achieve the set goals and objectives of this work, it seems necessary to reengineer the English language Education especially in Nigeria. The paper therefore presents “Reengineering the English Language Education in Nigeria for Sustainable Knowledge Economy in a Digitalized World. The paper also explores the concepts of English Language Education, Reengineering the English Language Education, sustainable knowledge economy and English language education for sustainable knowledge economy in a digitalized world. The researchers also introduced or used two suitable theories such as: Cummins’ Theory of Language Proficiency and Behaviorist theories in the English language learning to highlight the work. More popular empirical studies related to the topic were expressed. Conclusion and recommendation was finally made by the writers on how and the needs for reengineering the English language education in Nigeria for sustainable knowledge economy in a digitalized world.
Keywords: English language education, Sustainable, digitalized world, reengineering, sustainable knowledge economy