Courses

The activities of the second year of the PhD programmes are geared towards guiding students to put theory into practice by engaging in projects that will require them to apply the theories and skills they have acquired into analysing data and writing reports...

This course engages students in the discussion of issues concerning English as a global language. It covers historical and socio-political developments in World Englishes; explores current debates in World Englishes; examines aspects of the political...

The field of Contact Linguistics is replete with several sub-fields, each concerned almost exclusively with the study of one language contact phenomenon rather than another. A great deal of attention will be paid to appraising theories that relate to the...

This course examines critical issues in language planning, with special focus on education. The link between language, education and development will be explored. Issues relating to official vs. national languages and their roles in education will also be...

The course will review competing teaching theories including Meutic, Communication, Moulding, Prescriptive, Cognitive, and Psychological theories of teaching and assess their implications for teaching English as a second language in Ghana. Communicative...

The course exposes students to the critical issues concerning second language learning. It examines current theories of second language learning. Prominent pedagogical and psycholinguistic theories like Operant Conditioning theory and Developmental Stage...

Thesis (M.Phil)

This course is meant to engage with some of the prevailing and constantly changing issues
in the area of English as a second Language which has come to be known as English for
Specific Purposes (ESP).The course will explore topics such as the history and...

The focus of the course is on current topical issues in TESL. It will also examine issues
relevant to English in education in Ghana and the socio-cultural aspect of English usage.

The course aims at equipping students with the skills to read perceptively and think critically
as they read at an advanced level. Students are also presented with different kinds of reading
materials; for example, essays, short stories and textbooks not...