Chadian immigrants presence in Maiduguri dates back to the citys foundation in 1907. Their migration from Chad was prompted by some "pull" and "push" factors.Many are fully integrated into the the local community through marriages. They were found to be highly multilingual. Hausa was found to be the most frequently used language in this community in most of the domains investigated.It is gradually replacing the ethnic language even in the core domain of Home settings.It has also superseded Chadian languages in two further domains:Traditional occasions and Association (language use of the...

Although research has been conducted on determiners as a theoretical subject, little exists by way of studies on how to identify strategies and resources for teaching the translation of this important word class. In this work, we have attempted to: 1) identify difficulties encountered by students in the use of determiners. 2) relate difficulties observed to students' profile, 3) develop resources for teaching and learning determiners to address observed difficulties. and 4) propose an information technology platform for delivering these resources. Based on the results of our analysis, we have...