Identity Crisis of the Ghanaian Learner of English as a Second Language
Identity Crisis of the Ghanaian Learner of English as a Second Language
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Date
2021
Authors
Adogpa, James Nsoh
Arthur, Rebecca
Campion, Baba Charles
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Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research
Abstract
The culture of every nation carries some influence on its education, language being the key.
The language policy in Ghana’s education, however, gives limited space to the development
of the indigenous languages which have influence on the personality of the learner. The
language policy has created identity crisis for learners. This crisis comes as a result of parents’
expectation, pedagogical issues and a mixture of British Standard English and that of American
Standard English. The lack of political will to assign roles to the indigenous languages and
improper supervision of the language policy in education has led to the linguistic identity crisis:
national identity crisis, cultural identity crisis and professional identity crisis. There is a need
for linguists to find a way out to solve the Ghanaian learner of English as a second language
identity crisis for better academic performance.
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Adogpa, J. N., Arthur, R., & Campion, C. B. (2018). Identity Crisis of the Ghanaian Learner of English as a Second Language. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, 5(1), 80-89.