Dr. Bright Nkrumah

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Dr. Bright Nkrumah is a Lecturer  of Chinese Language at the Department of Modern Languages, University of Ghana. He holds a B.A  Degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Xian-Yang Normal University (Shaanxi - China) , M.A in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages from Xi’an International Studies University(Shaanxi - China),and a Ph.D in Chinese Linguistics(Specialization on Modern Chinese characters,汉言文字学) from Northwest University(Shaanxi - China) . His research interests are Teaching/learning of Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language, Teaching/learning of Chinese modern characters ,Acquisition of Chinese Characters and Teaching/learning of Chinese language in Africa Higher Education. Dr. Nkrumah has presented his research findings in conference (International) presentations and Assessor of (Chinese language Program)National Accreditation Board (NAB),He is Currently the patron of Chinese Language student Association of Ghana , University of Ghana .
Email: bnkrumah@ug.edu.gh  , brinkum43@yahoo.com, 3493347535@qq.com

Membership of Professional Association

Chinese as a Second Language Research Association (New York)

International Association of Chinese Linguistics (Arizona)

Awards and Grants
i. University of Ghana conference Grants 1500 USD(2019 APRIL)
ii. Confucius Institute(HANBAN)Scholarship 2013--2015 Masters Degree Program
iii. Northwest University PhD Scholarship 2015--2016 Academic Year Third Class Scholarship--1600 USD
iv. Northwest University PhD Scholarship 2016--2017 Academic Year Second Class Scholarship--3500 USD
v. 2016--2017 Excellent International PhD Student Award 500 USD
vi.  2016--2017 Northwest University Excellent Student Honor Award
vii. 2017--2018 Academic Year Second Class Scholarship--3500 USD
viii. China Central T.V Advert for One belt one road forum award-500 USD 2017 Mei Wen Magazine International“ Student Poet Writing” Competition --Winners Award 1500 USD

Conference and workshops  :

1. 2nd CHINA-AFRICA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, HUNAN CITY UNIVERSITY, HUNAN PROVINCE – CHINA, 7TH  TO  10TH  DECEMBER

2. 27TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHINESE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, PRINCETON  UNIVERSITY, EAST ASIAN STUDIES , NEW JERSEY – U.S.A. 28TH  TO  30TH  MARCH.
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Publications:
1.Bright Nkrumah and Huang Yao Ming (2017) 以词的价值理论探求“脾气”之本 义 ——兼释《黄帝内经》之“气”. Exploration on the Original Meaning of “Temperament” by the Theory of words value ------With an Explanation for the Word of Qi in the Yellow Emperor’s Canon of Medicine. Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics, Brill U.S.A , Inc. Volume 10, Issue 1(2017) , Page 29-38
2. Bright Nkrumah 汉字对外教学中的语言研究 ——汉语作为第二语言 Language Research in Chinese Characters teachings: Case study of Chinese as a foreign/Second language.《新教育时代期刊》2017 第 37 期 174 页. Journal of New Education Era. Beijing Volume 37, ( 2017)Page 174 .
3.Xioang ke and Bright Nkrumah  加纳眼科医疗服务发展现状分析, An Introduction  of the Developments of Ophthalmology in Ghana International Journal of Medicine & Health Guidance( 2019.1) Volume25 No. 2.
4. Bright Nkrumah: A Brief Review Of the Teaching of  Chinese  Characters In Contest of the Teaching  Chinese   as  foreign Language（FL）. 《中文信息期刊》2019第 4 期. Journal of Chinese Information.     Volume 4, ( 2019) .

ONGOING PROJECT:

1. A STUDY OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS LEARNING CHINESE AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN GHANAIAN UNIVERSITIES : A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF GHANA AND UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST.
2. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS AFFECTING GHANAIAN STUDENTS ACQUISITION OF CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF GHANA .
3. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MOST COMMON LANGUAGE USED FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BASIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN GHANA
4. A STUDY OF STRATEGY FOR TEACHING CHINESE CHARACTERS TO UNIVERSITY  OF GHANA STUDENTS.