ELT World » ghana Your local friendly TEFL blog Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:32:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Ghana: GES bemoans fallen standard of the English language /2008/10/ghana-ges-bemoans-fallen-standard-of-the-english-language/ /2008/10/ghana-ges-bemoans-fallen-standard-of-the-english-language/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:55:21 +0000 david /news/?p=181 Mr Samuel Bannerman-Mensah, Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has attributed the falling standard of education to the downward trend of the English language. Speaking at a national forum on the falling standard of education for directors of education, heads of Senior High Schools (SHS) and heads of English departments in Kumasi, he said the usage of the English language was pivotal in any academic or intellectual pursuit.

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]]> /2008/10/ghana-ges-bemoans-fallen-standard-of-the-english-language/feed/ 1 Ghana: English Teachers Show Worry /2008/10/ghana-english-teachers-show-worry/ /2008/10/ghana-english-teachers-show-worry/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:08:29 +0000 david /news/?p=160 The Ghana Education service has organised a forum for more than 80 English Language teachers from schools in Greater Accra Region, as part of efforts to promote the teaching and learning of English Language. The GES, earlier in August, held a National forum to address the falling standard of English Language in the country.

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]]> /2008/10/ghana-english-teachers-show-worry/feed/ 0 Ghana: Falling standards of English language, parents have a role to play /2008/09/ghana-falling-standards-of-english-language-parents-have-a-role-to-play/ /2008/09/ghana-falling-standards-of-english-language-parents-have-a-role-to-play/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:42:57 +0000 david /news/?p=93 Parents and guardians have a major role to play in raising the standard of written and spoken English of students, a Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Mr John Nyoagbe, has said.

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]]> /2008/09/ghana-falling-standards-of-english-language-parents-have-a-role-to-play/feed/ 0 Teaching English in Africa /2008/03/teaching-english-in-africa-2/ /2008/03/teaching-english-in-africa-2/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:22:00 +0000 david /2008/03/teaching-english-in-africa-2/ After yesterday’s Euro news marathon, it’s high time I turned my attention to the TEFL scene in Africa:

South Africa: Speaking the Language of Hope by Teaching English

Through training the Themba women in English, Neilson Young Consulting (NYC) hopes to do more than teach them the basics of a new language. Rather, through building communication ability and confidence, the company seeks to further the Themba mission of instilling hope and dignity. It brings a tear to the eye, it really does.

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In Nigeria’s Ornate Brand of English, Victorian Words Dance With African Grammar

Nigerian English melds Victorian-era vocabulary inherited from long-gone British colonialists with the grammatical structures and syntax that underpin indigenous languages in Africa’s most populous nation. The results can be ornate, oddly understated, or remarkably apt. But in a rapidly globalizing world, some worry that Nigerians will be handicapped by an English that differs from the language of board rooms and Internet bulletin boards. Get rid of the bloody chat rooms if you ask me.

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Uganda: Teaching in Local Languages Good Policy

The idea of teaching in local languages in lower primary school classes followed recommendations from a number of researchers. The 2004 Tony Reed report on the review of primary curriculum pointed out that “generally children learn faster if early education is conducted in a familiar language”.Er, perhaps I am missing something here, or is someone getting paid for stating the bleeding obvious?

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Ghana: New English Teaching Techniques Out

A new methodology (ooooh, I’m foaming at the mouth with excitement) for the teaching and learning of the English language has been launched in Accra by the International English Language Teaching Commission. The commission seeks to replace the present methodology which it considers cumbersome and full of technicalities (with another equally cumbersome and full of technicalities, if my experience is anything to go by).

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Yemen: Curriculum Reform Project to train English language teachers

Graduation ceremonies for English language teachers participating in the Curriculum Reform Project was (sic) held on Tuesday afternoon at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education. Participants in the project received certificates of qualification for the first and second stages of teaching English language to students at the elementary, preparatory and secondary levels of education. Very proud we are of them, too.

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]]> /2008/03/teaching-english-in-africa-2/feed/ 0 Teaching English in Africa /2008/03/teaching-english-in-africa/ /2008/03/teaching-english-in-africa/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:19:50 +0000 david /news/?p=10 After yesterday’s Euro news marathon, it’s high time I turned my attention to the TEFL scene in Africa:

Through training the Themba women in English, Neilson Young Consulting (NYC) hopes to do more than teach them the basics of a new language. Rather, through building communication ability and confidence, the company seeks to further the Themba mission of instilling hope and dignity. It brings a tear to the eye, it really does.

Read the full story…

In Nigeria’s Ornate Brand of English, Victorian Words Dance With African Grammar

Nigerian English melds Victorian-era vocabulary inherited from long-gone British colonialists with the grammatical structures and syntax that underpin indigenous languages in Africa’s most populous nation. The results can be ornate, oddly understated, or remarkably apt. But in a rapidly globalizing world, some worry that Nigerians will be handicapped by an English that differs from the language of board rooms and Internet bulletin boards. Get rid of the bloody chat rooms if you ask me.

Read the full story…

Uganda: Teaching in Local Languages Good Policy

The idea of teaching in local languages in lower primary school classes followed recommendations from a number of researchers. The 2004 Tony Reed report on the review of primary curriculum pointed out that “generally children learn faster if early education is conducted in a familiar language”.Er, perhaps I am missing something here, or is someone getting paid for stating the bleeding obvious?

Read the full story…

Ghana: New English Teaching Techniques Out

A new methodology (ooooh, I’m foaming at the mouth with excitement) for the teaching and learning of the English language has been launched in Accra by the International English Language Teaching Commission. The commission seeks to replace the present methodology which it considers cumbersome and full of technicalities (with another equally cumbersome and full of technicalities, if my experience is anything to go by).

Read the full story…

Yemen: Curriculum Reform Project to train English language teachers

Graduation ceremonies for English language teachers participating in the Curriculum Reform Project was (sic) held on Tuesday afternoon at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education. Participants in the project received certificates of qualification for the first and second stages of teaching English language to students at the elementary, preparatory and secondary levels of education. Very proud we are of them, too.

Read the full story…

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