ABSTRACT This study examined both teachers‟ and students‟ perceptions, and beliefs, as well as their attitude and motivation towards the teaching and learning of English grammar in Junior High Schools in the Walewale Municipality. To achieve the objectives, the mixed method approach and the convergent parallel design was applied. Questionnaire, interview, observation and focus group discussions were employed to collect data from the participants. Gardner‟s socio-educational model was us...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to examine the factors that influence teacher attrition in public junior high schools in the Kwadaso circuit. Descriptive survey design using quantitative approach was employed for the study. The target population of the study consisted of all the 161 teachers and head teachers in the nine public junior high schools in the Kwadaso circuit. A proportionate random sampling technique was used to select 113 respondents from the nine public junior high sch...
ABSTRACT Routine expressions have been regarded among others as specific and standardized expressions which are universal in nature and are used for cultural and socio-economic interactions in speech communities. This study examined the linguistics of routine expressions in the Anum community. Taking a cue from earlier studies (e.g. Ameka, 1987, 1994; Dzameshie, 2008, Agyekum, 2010), the study employs the ethnographic design using a qualitative approach to gather data from three different A...
ABSTRACT The introduction of the Internet has brought about transformation in every sphere of human life. One area that this technology is transforming the world is the area of news consumption. The Internet has made it easier for news consumers to listen and read news at a click of a button. Online news is now consumed anytime and everywhere. This study aims at investigating the news consumption habits of students of the University of Education, Winneba. A questionnaire and semi str...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines the elements of orality and performance in modern African poetry, particularly Osundare’s selected poems. The aim is to observe how Osundare uses the elements of orality in selected poems in The Eye of the Earth and Songs of the Marketplace volumes to present the African human experience. The theoretical framework for this research is the formalistic approach. The analysis is based on ten selected poems each from Osundare’s The Eye of the Earth and Son...
ABSTRACT This work examined flood management in the Effutu Municipality. The main objectives of the research was to examine the causes of flood; the flood management practices; the main challenges to flood management; the factors that promote flood management and flood coping strategies in Effutu. Mixed method approach with sequential research design was employed in this study. A total of 250 respondents were selected from different parts of the municipality using multi-stage sampling. Inst...
ABSTRACT Quality education has always been the seal of most educational policies made in Ghana. In spite of quality education, the main aim of many educational reforms and policies, the desired quality has not yet been achieved. The purpose of this study was to assess the causes of low academic performance among Senior High School students. Descriptive research design was employed for this study. Simple random sampling was used to select the respondents. A total of one hundred and sixty ...
ABSTRACT Intertextuality is the influence and presence of previous texts in the construction of the new one. It is the relation of each text with the text surrounding it. Intertextuality has become common among mass media reporters and writers because they use it as a tool to serve their own purposes. This study investigated the intertextuality of Yaw Boadu Ayeboafoh‘s feature articles in the Daily Graphic Newspaper. The purpose of the study was to examine the types, function, and the effe...
ABSTRACT This study explores the Nation Commission for Civic Education‘s (NCCE) mandate towards human rights promotion in Ghana using the Sunyani West District office as a case study. I investigated NCCE officials understanding of human rights and human rights education, the Commission‘s mandate in terms of human rights promotion, approaches adopted to promote human right and the challenges. Previous research on the NCCE has focused almost exclusively on democracy, decentralization and ...
ABSTRACT English continues to maintain its status as a global language. It is spoken by a third of the world’s population. However, majority of its users are non-native speakers. The concept of ELF awareness orientates a set of principles that refer to knowledge, attitudes and skillset of ELT stakeholders and ELT products. This study investigated ELF awareness among tutors of English in Colleges of Education in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Using a convergent parallel mixed method, forty-ei...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the impact of conflict and its management on the performance of teachers in Senior High Schools in the Sagnarigu District of the Northern Region of Ghana. The objective of the study were to establish the types and causes of conflicts, find out the perceived effects of conflicts on the performance of teachers and to determine the conflict resolution strategies employed to resolve conflicts in Senior High Schools in the Sagnarigu Distri...
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 The primary objective of all technical and vocational education and training programmes is the acquisition of relevant knowledge, practical skills and attitudes for gainful employment in a particular trade or occupational area. This study therefore sought to assess whether this objective has made an impact on the youth in TohKpalime in the South Dayi District. Questionnaire and interview methods were employed in gathering data from 115 respondents made up of staff of Toh-Kpalime VTI...
Abstract The study focuses on the perception of discriminationexperienced by foreign students studying in Central University. This study sought from the five Nigerian students studying in Central University the kinds of discriminatory challenges they faced as they pursued their studies, the impact it had on their studies and what could be done to mitigate it. The major findings of the study revealed that the Nigerian students had reported only a few instances of discrimination, with the majo...
ABSTRACT This thesis investigates the structure of the Noun Phrase (NP) in Gichode, a North Volta Guan language spoken in and around Nkwanta district in the Volta Region of Ghana. The study is aimed at describing systematically, the internal components or constituents of the NP, especially, the sequential order of elements or constituents within it, the pronominal system and the distribution of pronouns in Gichode. The methods used to collect data are interviews, focus group discussion and qu...