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    Language policy in Ghana and Malawi: differing approaches to multilingualism in education
    British Academy ; 2022
    In:  Journal of the British Academy Vol. 10s4 ( 2022), p. 69-95
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    In: Journal of the British Academy, British Academy, Vol. 10s4 ( 2022), p. 69-95
    Abstract: Despite substantial international evidence that children learn best in a language which they understand, language-in-education policies in much of Africa do not effectively accommodate the range of languages found in the classroom, instead prescribing dominant national languages and/or colonial languages such as English. Further, these language policies continue to reflect a monoglossic conceptualisation of languages and do not adequately account for the multilingual repertoires of individuals and communities. They do not reflect an understanding of the ways in which multilingual language practices could be harnessed for education. This article provides a comparative overview of the policy context in Malawi and Ghana, at the levels of legislation, practice, and attitudes. Through interviews, questionnaires, classroom observations, and classroom recordings in primary schools, we highlight the multilingual realities of educational spaces in each country. We highlight that, despite different sociolinguistic and legislative contexts, there are similarities between these contexts which emerge as important factors when considering multilingualism within education.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2052-7217
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.5871/jba/010s4.069
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: British Academy
    Publication Date: 2022
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    The policy relevance of indigenous languages for higher education in Africa: A Ghanaian perspective
    SAGE Publications ; 2022
    In:  Policy Futures in Education
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    In: Policy Futures in Education, SAGE Publications
    Abstract: Now that the goal of universal primary education has been achieved in Ghana, the nation’s aim is to expand higher education as a key to development. We argue that this expansion will necessitate the gradual addition of Ghanaian languages as a medium of instruction. We innovatively explain why this is so by comparing the achievements of the Ghanaian education system with one of the best education systems in the world. We use the conceptual distinction between ‘discerned’ and ‘designed’ languages to discuss the problem of which languages to choose. We propose five scientific principles that could guide the introduction of Ghanaian languages and suggest concrete steps that could be taken over the coming years to make the transition practically possible. As such, we present a way of looking at using indigenous languages as a medium of instruction that has relevance for other African countries as well.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1478-2103 , 1478-2103
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/14782103221111953
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2022
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    A Pragma-Stylistic Approach to Analysing Proverbs: A Review of Some Selected Proverbs in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God
    Noyam Publishers ; 2021
    In:  E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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    In: E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Noyam Publishers
    Abstract: African artworks, to be specific, literature has for quite a long time now demonstrated African tradition and culture. One major African literary tool that has maintained its efficacy in the African cultural heritage is the use of proverbs. Proverbs have been diversely used to perform several functions in the African traditional setting. Among such functions are: confirming opinions, warning, showing regrets, doubts, justifications and many more. This paper seeks to examine some selected proverbs from Chinua Achebe’s novels – Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God. Significantly, one can conclude that the style of a writer can go a long way in determining the reception and authenticity of his works. Chinua Achebe has extensively employed proverbs in his works as a tool for setting out or revealing his characters, themes and many others. This study is a pragma-stylistic approach to the analysis of proverbs used by Achebe in the selected novels. The researchers focus primarily on the style, meaning and function of the proverbs used in the selected texts. A critical content analysis method is employed for this study to determine the functions of the proverbs within the context of the novel. This study brings to the fore the very nature of African proverbs, specifically the Igbo of Nigeria and reveals the various functions ascribed to these proverbs. This will provide readers with the necessary knowledge on the very reasons why some proverbs are used and will ignite the research impetus of some researchers to further investigate other approaches to proverbs. This study has contributed immensely to the existing literature on pragma-stylistic studies and the understanding of a pragma-stylistic approach as a theoretical concept with a unique focus on analysing African proverbs. Keywords: Achebe, Proverbs, Pragmatics, Pragma-stylistics, Stylistics
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2720-7722
    URL: Journal
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.38159/ehass
    DOI: 10.38159/ehass.2021281
    Language: English
    Publisher: Noyam Publishers
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Carrying the War against COVID-19 into Ghanaian Communities: The Case of the Akan Community
    Noyam Publishers ; 2021
    In:  E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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    In: E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Noyam Publishers
    Abstract: Ghana is seriously reeling under the weight of the scourge of the COVID-19; while the scientists are doing their best to provide information concerning the dos and don’ts of the disease, its communication to the people has been a huge problem. This paper uses the qualitative research approach and the Performance and Communication theories to investigate this challenge. The study isolates the Akan communities for this investigation and argues that the Ghana COVID-19 communication uses too many elitist approaches and the local language is rarely used. Again, the paper establishes that the communication falls short of considering the Akans as oral thinkers and completely ignores their ideological identities as a group of people who rely on oral structures in language and morality. The paper further observes that the COVID-19 communication in Ghana fails to recognize the subtle creative processes of translating concepts in English into Akan due to the influence of the contexts of contact. These challenges have resulted in minimum or complete lack of cooperation by Akan communities thus throwing the whole COVID-19 campaign into jeopardy. The paper recommends that the COVID-19 communication should reconfigure its approach to reach the Akan communities. KEYWORDS: COVID-19, Akan communities, Akan moral thought, communication and cultural shareability, Ghana.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2720-7722
    URL: Journal
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.38159/ehass
    DOI: 10.38159/ehass.2021282
    Language: English
    Publisher: Noyam Publishers
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Counter-hegemonic practices: a study of the song text of the Apoͻ festival of the Bono people of Techiman in Ghana
    Informa UK Limited ; 2022
    In:  South African Journal of African Languages Vol. 42, No. 1 ( 2022-01-02), p. 93-101
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    In: South African Journal of African Languages, Informa UK Limited, Vol. 42, No. 1 ( 2022-01-02), p. 93-101
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0257-2117 , 2305-1159
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2022.2039450
    Language: Xhosa
    Publisher: Informa UK Limited
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Language Choice Among Children of Couples of Different Languages: A Case Study of Techiman Municipality in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana
    Asian Research Association ; 2024
    In:  Indian Journal of Language and Linguistics Vol. 5, No. 1 ( 2024-03-18), p. 1-14
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    In: Indian Journal of Language and Linguistics, Asian Research Association, Vol. 5, No. 1 ( 2024-03-18), p. 1-14
    Abstract: Ghana is a multilingual country with an average Ghanaian being exposed to at least more than one language. This linguistic situation often impacts language choices among bi/multi-lingual families where parents from different linguistic backgrounds face the reality of deciding which language(s) to expose their children to. This study investigates possible opportunities and challenges that the children of Ghanaian couples of different languages face in choosing the language(s) to speak with either parents or both parents at home using families in Techiman in the Bono East Region of Ghana as a case study. The study, therefore, sought to answer the key question, “What language(s) do children of couples of different languages speak at home with their parents?” Using the purposive sampling technique, the study collected data using questionnaires which were analysed using the bivariate data analysis procedure of Content Analysis (CA). The analyses of the data show that the children of couples of different languages spoke English and Twi/Bono as the major unmarked codes used at home. Some other languages such as Dagomba/Mampruli, Gonja, Sissala, and Hausa were also used at home by a minority of the respondents. The study further found that speaking multiple languages helped the children to make friends seamlessly and to participate in school, church, and mosque activities, and the languages play certain roles in those domains. The study also shows that the main domains where the children of Ghanaian couples of different languages choose a particular code or language are schools, churches, and markets. The outcome of the study contributes to studies on family language use and has implications for language maintenance.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2582-9726
    URL: Issue
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.54392/ijll241
    DOI: 10.54392/ijll2411
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Asian Research Association
    Publication Date: 2024
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    Educational language policy in an African country: Making a place for code-switching/translanguaging
    Walter de Gruyter GmbH ; 2021
    In:  Applied Linguistics Review Vol. 12, No. 4 ( 2021-11-25), p. 503-522
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    In: Applied Linguistics Review, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 12, No. 4 ( 2021-11-25), p. 503-522
    Abstract: In Ghana, plurilingual language use is the norm rather than the exception. It follows that the multilingual linguistic practices of bilingual and multilingual Ghanaians should be reflected in language planning and languages-in-education policies. The study explores the nature of Ghana’s complex sociolinguistic ecology and details the shifts in language-in-education policies from the colonial era to the present. A closer look at the policies presents two opposing models: policies that draw on monolingual ideologies involving the use of English only as a medium of instruction from pre-school to higher levels, and policies that promote a bilingual approach where Ghanaian indigenous languages and English are used concurrently in the lower grade classes (grades 1–3), with a transition to English-only instruction from grade 4 onwards. The paper argues that instabilities in languages-in-education policies occur through the effects of ideology and policy formulation that do not take into account the linguistic ecologies of different communities, or indeed, the linguistic ecology of the Ghanaian classroom. It is proposed that rigid policies can be productively modified by recognizing the reality of code-switching in classrooms and shifting focus to the creative learning possibilities that translanguaging opens up.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1868-6303 , 1868-6311
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1515/applirev-2020-2002
    Language: English
    Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Language and employment in Ghana: capturing the multilingual reality
    Informa UK Limited ; 2023
    In:  Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
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    In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Informa UK Limited
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0143-4632 , 1747-7557
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2023.2195853
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    EQ 1000
    Language: English
    Publisher: Informa UK Limited
    Publication Date: 2023
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