About

Dr. Abigail Ayiglo-Kuwornu is an experienced language educator with a strong background in Linguistics and English language teaching. She holds an MPhil in Linguistics and a PhD in Teaching English as a Second Language. Her expertise is in the areas of early bilingual literacy acquisition, bilingual education, second language assessment, English teacher education and development, L1 influences in academic writing, early childhood education and social factors affecting language and literacy development among children. Dr. Ayiglo-Kuwornu also has extensive work experience at the University of Professional Studies, Accra. Prior to that she held graduate assistantship and part-time positions at the University of Ghana in the Department of Linguistics, the Language Centre and the School of Continuing and Distance Education. She is currently collaborating on two research projects in literacy acquisition among Jehovah’s Witnesses and teacher education curriculum in Ghana.

Education

BA Linguistics and Information Studies (First Class Honours), University of Ghana 

MPhil Linguistics, University of Ghana

PhD Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), University of Ghana

Research Interest

Bilingual Language Acquisition, Literacy and Assessment

English Teacher Education

Bilingual Education and Bilingual Language Policy

Academic Writing for L2 English Speakers

Publications

Amuzu, E. K., Kuwornu, A. A. & Opoku-Fofie, S. (2018). “Awww, 

we r sorry wai”: Pragmatic Functions of L1 Discourse Markers in Ghanaians’ English

Based WhatsApp Conversations. Contemporary Journal of African Studies, 5 (2), (2018), 60-86.

Kuwornu, A. A. (2017). Review of Issues of Language Assessments for Non-native 

Speakers of English. Sino-US English Teaching, 14(3), 157-168.

Sadat, M. & Kuwornu A. A. (2017). Views from the Streets of Accra on 

Language Policy in Ghana, Journal of Education and Practice, 8, (2), 185-192.

Sadat, M. & Kuwornu, A. A. (2016). Investigating the approaches of 

teaching Academic Writing in Ghanaian universities. International Journal of Language Learning and Applied Linguistics World, 13(4), 47-61. 

Duah, R. A., Ayiglo, A. & Blay, Afua Mmra (2011). The Dilemma of African-

American English Identity: A Case of African Influence? In H. Lauer, N. A. A. Amfo & J. A. Anderson (Eds.), Identity Meets Nationality: Voices from the Humanities (pp111-134). Sub-Saharan Publishers.