ABSTRACT Speaking English has become very important in Ghana especially because of its international and worldwide integration with time. Teaching English pronunciation is difficult for several reasons. These include the fact that teachers are left without clear cut guidelines, and face contradictory pronunciation instruction practices. Due to these issues, instruction in pronunciation has become less important and teachers are not very happy to teach pronunciation in their classrooms. This t...
ABSTRACT Response tokens are important for people wishing to be able to function as supportive interlocutors in a conversation. There is the need for interlocutors to ensure that their interpretation of the speaker’s interactional intentions matches what he wanted to say (Faerch and Kasper, 1982). This thesis investigates the pragmatic analysis of the use of response tokens in Asante Twi. Specifically, the research focuses on the categories, and importance of response tokens among the Asa...
ABSTRACT The essence of this study is to identify noun errors, why students commit such errors and suggest measures which can be used to enhance students‟ knowledge on the identification of head noun within a noun phrase by students of Chiana Senior High School. The study sets forth to ascertain the specific grammatical problem areas students of Chiana Senior High School (CHIANSEC) faced, to find out the possible factors that account for the challenge, and to suggest ways of solving it. D...
ABSTRACT This dissertation employs a theoretical perspective, bringing together concepts from social, symbolic interactionism, symbolic consumption, patterns and sociolinguistic theory. The study adopted mixed design to collect qualitative and quantitative data for the study. Using purposive sampling techniques, 70 participant s where selected to participate in the study. The participants include weavers and users of kente cloth. Questionnaire and interview guide, were used to collect data ...
ABSTRACT This is a qualitative study that investigates the sources of errors in the English sentence constructions of the deaf in the Senior High Secondary School for the deaf at Akuapim Mampong in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The instruments used for data collection were observation and test. The total number of instruments used were 30, these were randomly selected from the Home Economics, Visual Arts and the Technical Departments. From these a total of 310 errors were identified. Sources...
ABSTRACT Studies have been conducted on causes of spelling errors in essay writing and comprehension. However, these studies conclude that additional spelling errors is the best way to increase a student’s spelling level. The study adopted quantitative research design with a population of one hundred and eighty (180) students. The study was conducted in all the three Departments of Tempane Senior High School. The finding was that students committed seven categories of errors with the total...
ABSTRACT The objective of the study was to identify the impact of phonological awareness on the reading and spelling abilities of Form 1 students of St. Francis Junior High School. It was also meant to find out factors that inhibit the teaching and learning of phonological awareness in the school. Lastly, the study was to identify phonological awareness strategies that would help pupils improve upon their reading and spelling competences. Qualitative research design was used to carry out th...
ABSTRACT This research investigates the causes of transliteration errors among the pupils/students from Basic Four to Seven in the Pokuase Community of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It unravels why the Twi language has such a strong influence on the English language usage among the basic school children even in a cosmopolitan community. The research employed a mixed method approach which was executed through the use of questionnaire, interview, essay writing and picture description to ar...
ABSTRACT The topic for this study is the teaching of rhymes and songs at the Kindergarten and the primary objective of this study is to identify problems associated with the teaching of rhymes and songs at the Kindergarten, and how can these rhymes and songs be taught effectively. This study was conducted at Agorteman Municipal Assembly Basic School in Kwashiekuma Circuit in Ga West Municipality in Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Purposive sampling method was used to select six teachers for ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the fricatives of Asante, Bono and Denkyira with the aim of establishing the acoustic properties of the fricatives. Three fricatives [f], [s] and [ç] of Asante, Bono and Denkyira were examined in [a, ɛ, ɪ] vowel contexts. Fifteen (15) male and fifteen (15) female speakers between the ages of 20-35 years were recruited for the study. All the fricative consonants were within the scope of prevocalic and intervocalic using CV and CVC syllables respectively. T...
ABSTRACT The aim of this dissertation is to discover the impact of teaching and learning of pronunciation on reading and speaking skills of students in Asikuma in the Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Specifically, it investigates the impact of teaching segmental and suprasegmental features on reading and speaking, impact of pronunciation teaching methods and ICT tools on reading and speaking and teachers‟ and students‟ perception on teaching and learning of pronunciat...
ABSTRACT The language current policy of education in Ghana requires that English should be used as the sole medium of instruction (MoI) from Primary 4 onwards, with the native language taught as a subject. However, this policy has not been thoroughly observed and put into practice by teachers and educational administrators. This qualitative study therefore sought to find out the challenges of English only policy in Ghanaian upper primary 4 schools, the strategies employed by teachers in Engl...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the role of language games in the teaching of reading among Basic Four Pupils of New-Tafo Akim Seventh Day Adventist Primary School in the EastAkim Municipality. Action research design was employed for the study. The study sample was made up 36 teachers and 30 pupils. Test, questionnaire, observation and interview were used to solicit information from the respondents. The instruments covered three main aspects: causes of reading inability of ...
ABSTRACT The study investigates some word formation processes in Sɩsaalɩ, under the frameworks of Optimality Theory, propounded by Prince and Smolensky (1993) and Hockett’s model of morphological analysis (IA approach). Four word formation processes were found, namely; borrowing, reduplication, compounding and affixation. The data on borrowing and reduplication were analyzed using OT and the data on compounding and affixation were analyzed using the IA. The study established that, words...
ABSTRACT The present thesis entitled “The Nature and Extent of Code-switching and Codemixing of Songhay Speakers of French” is a research work on language contact phenomena of code-alternation by Songhay speakers of French. The study aims at analysing the switches by classifying and categorising them according to the existing models on CS and CM constraints. It also aims at analysing the context that conditions this language practice. To achieve these goals, the study comprises five chap...