About

Dr Joyce Anku is currently a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Teacher Education, School of Education and Leadership, University of Ghana. Prior to joining the University of Ghana as a full-time faculty, she served as lecturer and subsequently as Director of Research at the Centre for Academic Research and Engaged Scholarship (CARES), Valley View University, Oyibi-Accra, for ten (10) consecutive years. She also served as adjunct lecturer at both the Wisconsin International University College and the Language Centre, University of Ghana.

Dr Anku has equally served in various capacities at the national level.  She was a member of a team of experts who developed the new SHS curriculum for the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA). She is also a Domain/Content Development Expert for the Teacher Licensure Examinations (English language option) spearheaded by the National Teaching Council (NTC). She currently consults for T-TEL and the Ghana Education Service as a School Improvement Advisor on transforming Ghana’s senior and technical high schools into centres of excellence. 

Her research is situated within the broader field of Applied Linguistics, a practice-driven discipline addressing language-based problems in real world contexts. Her publications have addressed issues in the sub-fields of Sociolinguistics, English Language Teaching (ELT) Language and Literacy, and Educational Linguistics, with special focus on Language Teacher Identity (LTI), Gender and Curriculum, and Inclusive Language Pedagogy (ILP).

Education

PhD (English), MPhil (English), MEd (Educational Studies), BA (English & Linguistics)PhD (English), MPhil (English), MEd (Educational Studies), BA (English & Linguistics)

Research Interest

Applied/Educational Linguistics

English Language Teaching (ELT)

Language and Literacy

Sociolinguistics 

Peace Linguistics/Education

Gender and Curriculum

Publications

Book(s)

Okrah, A.K., Anku, J.S.A., Ofosu, V.S., & Odame,C.O.(2019). Literary Criticism: Theory and Application. Accra: Woeli Publishing Services.

Journal Articles

Boakye-Yiadom, G., Anku, J.S.A, & Akrofi-Ansah, M. (2022).  Implementing Ghana’s Language-in-Education Policy in a Multilingual Classroom in the city of Accra. International Journal of Education, Technology and Science, 2(3), 348-369.

Okrah, A. K., Ofosu, V. S., Odame, C. O., & Anku, J. S. A. (2021). Gender differences in the construction of English noun phrases of SDA College of Education                         students. Dialectologia, 26, 187-11.

Anku, J. S. A. & Okrah, A. K. (2020). From social media English to academic English: Analysis of surface errors in undergraduate ESL students’ writing. International                       Journal of Trends in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD), 5(1), 1384-1393. 

Gyasi, M. N. K., Okrah, A. K. & Anku, J. S. A. (2020). Teachers’ knowledge of special educational needs and disability students and their classroom management approaches. World Journal of Education, 10(4), 2020, 160-172.

Okrah, A.K., Anku, J.S.A. & Yeboah, R. (2019). Adjectival level sentimental analysis of Joseph Conrad’s  Heart of  Darkness: Implications. Valley View University Journal of            Mutidisciplinary  Studies, 1(1), 114-134.

Anku, J.S. A., Klu, E.K., & Adika, G.S.K. (2018). Netwrite or Netspeak?: Towards a typology of discourse features of Ghanaian university students’ social media discourse. Medwell International Journal, 13(4), 927-933.

Anku, J.S. A., & Klu, E.K. (2017). English language teacher education in Ghana: Is there a place for Linguistics? International Journal of Sciences and Research, 73 (7), 257-  271.