ALUFOHAI, P. J. AND IDUSERI A.

The study was conducted to investigate the interference of pidgin English on the conventional English language. Specifically, the four skills of English which are- listening, speaking, reading and writing were examined to find out the impact of pidgin English on the conventional English. The sample consisted of 240 students randomly selected from public senior secondary schools out of the fifteen in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study.