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...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the problems of clause subordination among students of Opoku Ware Senior High School in the Kumasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The study specifically investigated some prevalent errors and mistakes committed by students and the source(s) of problems for the errors and mistakes. To address the objectives of the study, the descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. One hundred and two (102) participants were selected throu...
ABSTRACT This is a qualitative case study that analysed common deviations made by the Level 400 students of the Pentecost University College and the Regent University College of Science and Technology in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The data used for the analysis comprised students’ written test. From this, a total of 3060 deviations or errors were identified. Three categories of deviations were identified and they include morphological deviations (additions of words, omission, misf...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the methods as well as the challenges of teaching English as a second language in the Bawku Municipality. The objectives of the study were to examine the methods of teaching English Language, to examine the challenges to effective teaching and learning of English language in the Municipality, and to examine measures of improving teaching and learning of English language in the Bawku Municipality. The study adopted the qualitative design, using questionnaire, ...
ABSTRACT The ultimate aim of this study is to find out the punctuation errors in the essays of Adamu D/A Junior High School pupils; to ascertain why the pupils commit punctuation errors in their essays and come out with solutions that will help solve the situation. The research design used is participatory action research. Eighteen pupils and two teachers of English were sampled through purposive and simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire, interview, observation and class test were t...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the problem of punctuation and capitalization among students of Nangalikinia Junior High school. The purpose of the study is to find out some of the errors basic school students commit when punctuating their writing. It is also to find out some of the causes of the punctuation problems among students and how to address them. This was done through pen and paper survey and through interview. The sample size used includes thirty (30) J.H.S students and five Eng...
ABSTRACT. This study is a sociolinguistic analysis of lexical and pronunciation variations among native speakers of Kolangɛ in the Seikwa Township located in the Bono-Ahafo region of Ghana. Kolangɛ exhibits important social variations which need to be described by linguists. The aim of the study was to examine the speech forms of the older generation and the younger generation and to establish any differences there may be. The study design was qualitative. The main instruments used ...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to describe motivation and performance of all Junior High School pupils of Enyan-maim circuit in English Language and establish the relationship between them. The descriptive survey design was adopted to study, describe and interpret the relationship between motivation and performance. School performance test from the end of term examination and motivation test were used to gather data for the survey from accessible population of all Junior High Th...