ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the use of Explicit Instruction in writing lessons at St. Monica’s College of Education in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In this study, a collective case study design informed by constructivist grounded theory data analysis methods was used. Data were collected and analyzed using three instruments namely a semi-structured interview, sample texts on argumentative and expository essays and observations. The study revealed that combining the cognitive strat...
ABSTRACT A great deal of studies have been conducted using Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) particularly the Ideational Metafunction. Nevertheless, few of them have adopted Systemic Functional Grammar to investigate the syntax of newspaper headlines (Ansary, 2005; Ong‘onda, 2016; Abdulameer, Noor and Nasser, 2019)). The Ideational Metafunction of Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) by Halliday (1994) is employed to examine 60 Ghanaian Newspaper Headlines from 5 newspaper agencies. The purpo...
ABSTRACT This study provides an overview of the Noun Class System of Nawuri; one of the Guang languages which is a closely related group of languages, spoken largely in Ghana, Cote d‟Ivoire, Togo and Benin. The study presents the analyses of nouns into classes in Nawuri. It examines the various mechanisms and motivationg factor for Nawuri nominal classification. The study further looks at the patterns of inflection and derivation in Nawuri. Data were collected from primary and secondary s...
ABSTRACT The ability to communicate competently in writing is a major facet of language development and academic success among university students. However, students are not able to write academic essays appropriately as stated in related literature (Adika, 2010). The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of communication skills and academic writing as a required course on undergraduate students’ writing in University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani. The objectives...
ABSTRACT Whatever the area of specialization, we need to acquire proficiency in English to function. When we examine the goals of English language teaching in Ghana, it is clear that English is taught to enable us to use the language to communicate effectively. We need English to pursue studies in other subjects, for further studies, for employment, for social, recreational and administrative purposes. Since English is not our native language, its use as a medium of communication in our scho...
ABSTRACT The term, washback or backwash is used in Applied Linguistics to refer to the influence high-stakes tests have on teaching and learning of second/foreign language. The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) English language tests administered by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) are high-stakes tests which have very important consequences for the junior and senior high school leavers respectively....
ABSTRACT This study was set to address the impact of using L1 (mother tongue) as medium of instruction in an L2 (English language) classroom in the upper basic level of St Aidan’s Anglican Basic School in Wa, the upper West Region of Ghana. The study focused on the reasons and effects of using L1 as a medium of instruction in L2 classrooms. The study adopted the qualitative research approach and used interviews and observation as tools in collecting and analyzing the data. In all, twenty-s...
ABSTRACT Classroom interaction refers to the exchanges that occur between the teacher and the learner during a classroom discourse. This study examined the application of Sinclair and Coulthard‘s (1975) model of exchange structure (IRF) in classrooms in schools in Pokuase in the Ga-North Municipality. In examining the classroom interaction, the study focused mainly on Initiation-Response and Feedback (IRF) as a pedagogical technique used in the ESL classroom. To achieve the objectives, da...
ABSTRACT This work focuses on the lexical variations in the Ghanaian Sign Language with emphasis on the distinctions between these variations and their effects on the language development of the Deaf. An earlier study investigated by Schembri et al, (2013) focused on the regional lexical variations for colour, names of countries, numbers, and United Kingdom place names. These were elicited as part of the Britain Sign Language (BSL) Corpus project. The results showed that School location and ...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the use of discourse markers in lecture delivery in second language (L2) lecture setting in two selected Ghanaian Universities. The research identified the types of discourse markers used in lectures in Ghanaian universities, examined the functions that these markers perform in lecture and determined the categories of discourse markers used. The data for this research were recorded from lecturers from six faculties and three schools in the University of Educa...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines question formation in Sɩsaalɩ, a member of the Grusi sub-group of the Gur languages (Naden 1988) spoken in the Upper West Region of Ghana and some parts of Burkina Faso. I discuss the syntax of polar, alternative and content questions. Two strategies for the formation of polar questions are identified which are the phonological and syntactic strategies. While the former involves the phonological strategy of falling intonation, the latter uses the question p...
ABSTRACT This thesis presents some phonological processes in Amenfi and Fiase dialects of Wassa. Wassa is one of the unwritten and least studied languages in Ghana. The language belongs to the Niger Congo language family. The study is cast within the theoretical framework of autosegmental phonology. The approach applied in this dissertation is qualitative. Data for the analyses are drawn from both primary and secondary sources. The phonological processes discussed in this work include vowel...
ABSTRACT This work seeks to find out the causes of language contact in the Gbi Dzigbe community. It is also to identify the languages that are in contact with Gbi Dzigbe Dialect of Eʋe (GDDE), and whether those languages have had any effect on the GDDE, if they have, what effects have they had the on the GDDE. Data was collected through observation and interview. The indigenous people of Gbi Dzigbe (GD) were used. The study showed that Gbi Dzi Traditional Area (GDTA) is a multilingu...
ABSTRACT Reading is one of the basic skills that a child has to master during their first school years to be able to assimilate new knowledge and skills in future. The aim of the study was to explore factors that contribute to reading difficulties among primary five learners and the challenges faced by teachers in teaching them how to read. The sample comprised sixty (60) participants drawn from the Salvation Army Primary School in Apam. The study employed the qualitative research design base...
ABSTRACT This research work looked into the influences of L1 (Akan and Ewe) on L2 in students’ communication in English, the effects of the influences and the possible solutions to these influences in Presbyterian Senior High School, Akim Begoro. It discussed related works on the topic. The qualitative approach was used and the design adopted was case study. Observation, interview and written test were the instruments employed to collect the data from a purposive sampled participants. The s...