In recent times, it is serving as a lingua franca in higher institutions and even to some extent, among graduates. This is because, acquiring English takes a longer period of time, needs people to go to school and not everyone has access to school and it seems tedious than Pidgin English. In fact, the Nigerian Pidgin started as a language of non-literates according to Bamgbose et al. Despite the need to gain mastery of the Standard English, Pidgin English is speedily emerging to the degree of being a national language. It is spoken by seventy million people as a second language while over one million use it as a first language. Pidgin English is well recognized in Nigeria. Key words: Pidgin English, educational outcomes, socio-linguistic status. The government should invest more resources and manpower in education to enable the children from poor homes improve in the English Language, and Pidgin English should be introduced in the curriculum, so students could know the structures and lexical, to avoid code-switching it with that of the English Language. The negative impact of the socio-linguistic status of Pidgin English in the Nigerian society has necessitated some recommendations which include: The creation of awareness among parents, the media and the government against the dangers of habitual use of Pidgin English, introduction and training of teachers on introduce effective methods during the English language lesson delivery. However, it was discovered in the course of the study, that there are factors that enhance this issue. This research was executed because of the high rate of communication in Pidgin English amongst secondary school students, which has become a threat to their educational career. ![]() It was conducted on two hundred students and eight teachers from four selected schools, four government workers and eight staff from the media. This study was carried out in view of the influences of Pidgin English amongst the students in Nigeria using Port Harcourt Local Government Area in Rivers State as a case study.
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