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<h1 class="gmail-name gmail-post-title entry-title"><span>USAID presents research findings on innovations for teaching Ghanaian Languages</span></h1>
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<p><a href="https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-20-at-5.14.00-AM.png" class="gmail-thickbox"><img class="gmail-alignleft gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-141610" src="https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-20-at-5.14.00-AM.png" alt="" width="412" height="278"></a>A
Language Mapping Study conducted in 100 districts across the country by
the Partnership for Education of the United States Agency for
International Development has been presented in Accra.</p>
<p>The study which was conducted in collaboration with the College of
Languages Education, Ajumako, of the University of Education, Winneba,
in schools of the selected districts, where an in-depth socio-linguistic
context analysis were provided for the implementation of the 2016
draft policy in education, which designates a Ghanaian language of
Instruction to each school.</p>
<p>It examined the extent to which the designation of the Ghanaian
language of Instruction reflected the language environment of Ghanaian
schools, as demonstrated by the languages spoken by pupils, teachers and
used in teaching and learning materials.</p>
<p>Dr Julia Frasier, a member of the research team, said the
presentation was to understand from the Ministry of Education (MOE), how
they hoped to use the findings of the study to inform future
dissemination plans, platforms and strategies.</p>
<p>Dr Andrew Epstein in a presentation on Early Grade Reading Impact
Evaluation revealed that the evaluation measured the extent to which the
USAID partnership for education programme improves Primary one and
Primary two reading skills.</p>
<p>She said the programme generated vigorous evidence and novel research
on the effectiveness of a structured pedagogy model which can improve
the ability of the MOE and the Ghana Education Service to implement its
language of instruction policy.</p>
<p>“It will contribute to the growing body of global evidence on
phonetics- based approaches to literacy acquisition and reading
fluency”.</p>
<p>Dr Epstein said the evaluating system used a quasi-experimental
approach through which a viable counterfactual group was constructed
using advanced statistical matching.</p>
<p>She said the ERG programme impact evaluation comprises a sample of
470 schools in over 143 districts across the country, including 9,400
pupils 940 teachers.</p>
<p>Source: GNA</p>
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<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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