GOALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PHONETICIANS AND PHONOLOGISTS IN NIGERIA (APPN)
- Promoting the ideals of scholarship and protecting the interest of Phoneticians and Phonologists in ways that guarantee their productivity
- Engendering innovative pedagogy and facilitating the collection, annotation, transcription and documentation of phonetic and phonological data of Nigerian languages and dialects; including Pidgins, Creoles, and English varieties in both native and non-native environments
- Collaborating with professional bodies, Media institutions and professionals in related disciplines to promote native-like and intelligible pronunciations of languages via workshops for schools, etc.
- Publishing ground breaking research in the phonological sciences using methodical and methodological perspectives that are multidisciplinary in nature
- Encouraging postgraduate studies in phonetics and phonology to enhance the quality and quantum of elocution practitioners in Nigeria.