Adeola Abdulateef Elega

participants agreed that they make attempt to communicate even with the language 
barrier. Respondents said that they strongly disagree to learning Turkish songs to 
learn Turkish language with a percentage of 36.6% while 44.1% of the total number 
of participants disagreed to following Turkish media (Radio, Television, newspaper 
and magazines) to learn Turkish language. 
The study shows the importance of nonverbal cues and its usage across cultures. 
Nonverbal communication remains a very important communication requirement in 
an environment like this. With the percentages aligned to the aspects of nonverbal 

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cues used by Nigerians to cope in North Cyprus, one can easily see the strength of 
nonverbal communication. Verbal communication is also very important 
undisputedly because varieties of strategies are also used by Nigerian students. 
Learning to use a few Turkish words is very important to them as the study’s finding 
stipulates. 
Findings shows that the small population of Nigerian students who run summer jobs 
and part time jobs in the seat of Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus, 
have more opportunities to mingle with people of the host community, know more 
about their norms, values, language and ways of life. 
The study also established a fact as a form of reemphasizing reality of learning a new 
language. Learning a new language is always not as fast as learning the first ever 
language. For close languages it is possible to be a bit faster in the acquirement but in 
extreme languages which has little or no connection it is very hard to be faster than 
learning the first language. 
The world is now a world of technology. Anything and everything has a bit of the 
intervention of technology. The study shows that a lot of the participants accedes that 
they use google translate to communicate when language becomes a barrier. Some 
other people chat with friends on social media language barrier impedes their 
communication, it is imperative to understand that this study clarifies a lot of 
interpersonal communication issues.

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Something is certain in an environment like this and it is that language barrier must 
always be a problem. This study has surfaced the aspects of nonverbal cues and 
verbal cues Nigerian students devise to cope in North Cyprus.