Dr Elvis ResCue
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Research interests include Linguistic Theory, Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language and Identity, English Language, Teaching English as a Second Language; African Language and Literature, Language Processing, Literacy and Bilingualism; Language Policy and Planning, Media and Communication, and Human Resource Management.
Qualifications
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MSc Human Resource Management Aston University, (2023)
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PhD in Applied Linguistics Aston University, (2017)
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MA in Applied Linguistics Aston University, (2012)
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BA Linguistics with English University of Ghana, (2099)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Senior Research Officer, Language and Linguistics, University of Essex (10/2023 - present)
Other academic
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Lecturer in English, English, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (1/2018 - 1/2022)
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Department Examinations Officer, English, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (8/2020 - 1/2022)
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Assistant Examination Officer, English, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (8/2018 - 7/2020)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Linguistics in Action (LG119)
Publications
Journal articles (11)
Abban, A., Mensah, D. and ResCue, E., Code-Switching in French and Francophone Studies Classrooms in a Ghanaian Public University: Exploring Perceptions and Motivations. Global Journal of Educational Studies. 9 (2), 14-14
Arthur, P., Marfo, CO. and ResCue, E., Carrying the War against COVID-19 into Ghanaian Communities: The Case of the Akan Community. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 108-119
Essuman, J., ResCue, E. and Yeboah, PAO., A Pragma-Stylistic Approach to Analysing Proverbs: A Review of Some Selected Proverbs in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 92-107
Yevudey, E., The pedagogic relevance of codeswitching in the classroom: Insights from Ewe-English codeswitching in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Linguistics. 2 (2), 1-1
Reilly, C., Scandurra, R., ResCue, E., Hermannsson, K. and Gayton, A., (2023). Language and employment in Ghana: capturing the multilingual reality. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 44 (9), 807-826
ResCue, E. and van Pinxteren, B., (2023). The policy relevance of indigenous languages for higher education in Africa: A Ghanaian perspective. Policy Futures in Education. 21 (8), 900-915
Reilly, C., ResCue, E. and Chavula, JJ., (2022). Language policy in Ghana and Malawi: differing approaches to multilingualism in education. Journal of the British Academy. 10 (s4), 69-95
Nyarko-Takyi, G., Arthur, P. and ResCue, E., (2022). Counter-hegemonic practices: a study of the song text of the Apoͻ festival of the Bono people of Techiman in Ghana. South African Journal of African Languages. 42 (1), 93-101
Agbozo, GE. and ResCue, E., (2021). Educational language policy in an African country: Making a place for code-switching/translanguaging. Applied Linguistics Review. 12 (4), 503-522
Yevudey, E. and Agbozo, GE., (2019). Teacher trainee sociolinguistic backgrounds and attitudes to language-in-education policy in Ghana: a preliminary survey. Current Issues in Language Planning. 20 (4), 338-364
COLLINS, C., POSTAL, PM. and YEVUDEY, E., (2018). Negative polarity items in Ewe. Journal of Linguistics. 54 (2), 331-365
Book chapters (2)
Amuzu, KE., Rescue, E., Boakye, B. and Amfo, NAA., (2022). African contributions to four journals of sociolinguistics. In: Southernizing Sociolinguistics Colonialism, Racism, and Patriarchy in Language in the Global South. Routledge. 146- 166
Rescue, ELVIS. and Agbozo, GE., (2021). Creating Translated Interfaces: The Representations of African Languages and Cultures in Digital Media. In: Rethinking Language Use in Digital Africa Technology and Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa. Editors: Makalela, L. and White, G., . Multilingual Matters. 51- 72
Conferences (1)
YEVUDEY, E. and Rescue, E., (2015). Translanguaging as a language contact phenomenon in the classroom in Ghana: Pedagogic relevance and perceptions’
Thesis dissertation (1)
YEVUDEY, E. and Rescue, E., Bilingual practices in Ghanaian Primary Schools: Implications for Curriculum Design and Educational Practice
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