This study embarks on a survey of students’ attitudes towards Kiswahili studies at the University of Ghana. Although Swahili is said to be one of the world’s globalized languages in terms of its status as an academic discipline, as an African language, it is studied in relatively few non-East African countries. The University of Ghana is one of the few African universities, which has had Kiswahili as a course of study for over fifty years. Over this period, each year a number of students graduate with combined majors in Kiswahili and other courses. Against a background of perceived negative attitudes towards the study of Kiswahili at the University, the main objective of the study was to investigate the attitudes of students of Kiswahili at various levels (second to final year) towards Kiswahili studies, with the aim of uncovering (1) the key factors that determine these attitudes, (2) changes in their attitudes and perceptions if any, and factors that necessitated the change of attitudes from negative to positive and (3) the overall impression of these students about the study of Kiswahili at the University of Ghana and its importance to their future careers. The survey was conducted by administering a 32-item instrument with a target number of 100 students. The result of the quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data showed that most students had negative attitudes towards the course prior to their enrolment due to a lack of knowledge about it. However, subsequent to enrolment and studying for some time, these attitudes changed to positive.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:85789 |
| Date | 05 June 2023 |
| Creators | Dzahene-Quarshie, Josephine |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 1614-2373, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-857753, qucosa:85775 |
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