Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa
Biographic Data
| ID | 9340076 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kwasi |
| FAMILY NAME | Opoku-Amankwa |
| SIGNATURE | OPOKU-AMANKWA K |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Literacy is the ability to read and write English’
How do teachers define literacy, and how do their perceptions influence their approach to the teaching and learning of literacy? These and other questions relating to literacy generally formed the focus of this ethnographic case study in two urban public primary schools in Ghana. The paper also considers teachers' views on mother tongue literacy. Teachers tend to perceive literacy as the ability to read and write English or an international langu…
English-only language-in-education policy in multilingual classrooms in Ghana
This paper, based on the findings of a qualitative study, discusses the influence of Ghana's recently introduced English-only language-in-education policy on pupils' classroom communicative practices and learning generally. It highlights how the use of English – an unfamiliar language – creates anxiety among students and stalls effective classroom participation. The paper first considers the key issues that impinge on the literacy development in …
English-only language-in-education policy in multilingual classrooms in Ghana
This paper, based on the findings of a qualitative study, discusses the influence of Ghana's recently introduced English-only language-in-education policy on pupils' classroom communicative practices and learning generally. It highlights how the use of English – an unfamiliar language – creates anxiety among students and stalls effective classroom participation. The paper first considers the key issues that impinge on the literacy development in …
English-only language-in-education policy in multilingual classrooms in Ghana
This paper, based on the findings of a qualitative study, discusses the influence of Ghana's recently introduced English-only language-in-education policy on pupils' classroom communicative practices and learning generally. It highlights how the use of English – an unfamiliar language – creates anxiety among students and stalls effective classroom participation. The paper first considers the key issues that impinge on the literacy development in …
‘Literacy is the ability to read and write English’
How do teachers define literacy, and how do their perceptions influence their approach to the teaching and learning of literacy? These and other questions relating to literacy generally formed the focus of this ethnographic case study in two urban public primary schools in Ghana. The paper also considers teachers' views on mother tongue literacy. Teachers tend to perceive literacy as the ability to read and write English or an international langu…
First language (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literacy (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Bilingual education (1 work)