People

Denise Amankwah

Postgraduate Research Student
Department of Language and Linguistics
 Denise Amankwah

Profile

Ask me about
  • African languages in London schools
  • Linguistic landscapes in education
  • Critical multilingual awareness
  • Heritage language maintenance
  • Language hierarchies & ‘high status’ vs minoritised languages
  • Colonial language ideologies

Qualifications

  • BA Linguistics (Hons) University College London (2016)

  • MA Education : Language and Literacy University of Exeter (2022)

Research and professional activities

Thesis

African linguistic repertoires in the UK: visibility, use and an educational intervention

Supervisor: Dr Tracey Costley

Contact

da23017@essex.ac.uk

Location:

Colchester Campus