STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS IN ANGLICAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, GHANA

Auteurs

  • Grant Essuman Centre for Communication, Liberal and Research Studies, Anglican University College of Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
  • Simon Baffour Awuah Department of Languages, St. Ambrose College of Education, Ghana
  • Enoch Owusu Ansah Registry Department, Anglican University College of Technology, Ghana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejel.v11i4.6888

Trefwoorden:

students’ perception, communicative skills, university students, academic communication, Anglican University College of Technology

Samenvatting

This research paper seeks to investigates students' perceptions of communicative skills at Anglican University College of Technology, Ghana. Given the increasing demand for effective communication skills in the professional world, the research paper examines how students perceive the relevance of communicative skills in their academic and future career pursuits. A mixed-methods approach was adopted, with both qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys were used to gather data from 150 students across various disciplines and departments ranging from Nursing, Physician Assistantship and Business Administration. Findings reveal that students recognize the importance of communicative skills, particularly in oral and written forms, but also highlighted challenges in acquiring these skills due to inadequate time allotted and limited practical applications in their coursework. The study suggests that while Anglican University College of Technology students understand the value of communication skills in their academic success and professional future, there is a pressing need for enhanced curriculum integration geared towards practical communicative skill-building and faculty development to improve the delivery of communicative skills training.

Biografieën auteurs

  • Grant Essuman, {$affiliation)

    Grant Essuman is an Anglican Priest, author and applied linguist who teaches communication skills, critical thinking, African studies and research methods at Anglican University College of Technology, Ghana. He holds Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Theology, Master of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics and currently a PhD Candidate in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. His research interests are applied linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics (post-colonial pragmatics), sociolinguistics, stylistics and language documentation. He captioned the title, conducted preliminary study on the topic, analysis, conclusion, corresponding with the journal and working on final editing.

    Institutional website: www.angutech.edu.gh;

    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5084-1302;

    ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Grant-Essuman;

    AcademiaEdu: https://uew.academia.edu/GrantEssuman;

    LinkedIn: https://gh.linkedin.com/in/rev-d-fr-grant-essuman-095b5512a.

  • Simon Baffour Awuah, {$affiliation)

    Simon Baffour Awuah is language lecturer who teaches Ghanaian Language courses and other related courses at St. Ambrose College of Education, Dormaa Akwamu. He has a bachelor’s degree in education and a Master of Philosophy in Ghanaian Language studies from the University of Education, Winneba- Ghana. Currently, he is a PhD Student in the Faculty of Ghanaian Languages, offering PhD in Ghanaian languages. His areas of research are Sociolinguistics, Applied linguistics, Literature and Language documentation. He concluded the literature review and designed the methodology for the review.

  • Enoch Owusu Ansah, {$affiliation)

    Enoch Owusu Ansah is a Ghanaian and currently a staff of Anglican University College of Technology where he works as a Junior Assistant Registrar. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Geography and Rural Development and a Master of Public Administration from Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology (KNUST). He is currently an MPhil Candidate in Educational Administration and Management at the Catholic University of Ghana. His Research interests are in institutional administration and education. He assisted in the design of data collection tool, online questionnaire and analysis. 

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2026-07-23

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