Kwasi Sarfo-Adu (Dr)

Kwasi Sarfo-Adu (Dr)

HOD Department of English | Senior Lecturer

 

Head, Department of English Education

Email: sadu@csuc.edu.gh

  • A Senior Lecturer with more than three decades of teaching experience, including over two decades of teaching English in both second cycle and tertiary institutions
  • A resourceful and passionate teacher dedicated to mentoring students to be intellectually sensitive to the role of education in self and national development.
  • Committed to inculcating students with the linguistic dexterity they need to maximize their academic potentials and gain confidence as effective communicators in academia and on the job market where English is an indispensable communication tool.
  • A good mixer with the ability to adapt to new situations and new environments to achieve results.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Committed to hard work, excellence, self-reliance and peaceful co-existence.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD (English), University of Cape Coast, 2018
  • MPhil (English), University of Cape Coast, 2017
  • A. (English), University of Cape Coast
  • Tr’s Diploma (English), ATTC, Winneba
  • Tr’s Cert. A, Post-Middle, Akrokerri Training College

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION/RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Syntax of English
  • Political Campaign Rhetoric
  • Pragmatics
  • Ghanaian English
  • Generative Phonology

PUBLICATIONS

  • Emmanuel Kyei, Esther Serwaah Afreh, Osei Yaw Akoto, Kwasi Sarfo-Adu (2025).“Informality in Ghanaian Postgraduate Theses: A Cross- Disciplinary Perspective” Journal of language for Specific Purposes (12), pp. 127 – 147
  • Sarfo-Adu, K., Osei Cynthia (2021). “Politeness in media talk shows: The case of media panel discussions in Ghana”. Journal of Media and Communication Studies 13 (3):81-90
  • Addo-Dankwa, R., Amponsah Partey, F., Sarfo-Adu, K., Addo Kuffour, P.(2019). “Error Patterns in the English of Technical University Students: The Case of Kumasi Technical University”, Global Scientific Journals, Vol. 7 Issue 9, pp1743-1764
  • Mensah, E.O. Sarfo-Adu, K., Afful, J.B.A (2018) “Challenger-Incumbent Strategies in Ghanaian Presidential Campaign: The Case of John Agyekum Kufuor”, International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 7, (4), 1-16
  • Amponsah-Partey, F. Sarfo-Adu, K. (2017), Addo-Danquah, R.G, .KorkoiBonku, L. (2018). “The Presidential Tongue: Commissive Acts in Nana Addo’s 2017 State of the Nation Address”, The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies3, (6), 1-10                
  • Amponsah-Partey, F. Addo-Danquah, R.G, .Korkoi B. L., Sarfo-Adu, K. (2017) “Investigating Unconventional Abbreviations in SMS Texts International Journal of Applied Linguistics &English Literature7, (4)
  • Owusu-Ansah, L.K., Sarfo-Adu, K. (2016). “The Influence of Domains on Lexical Variations in the New Englishes: The Case of Ghanaian English” Issues for Intercultural Communication
  • OwusuAnsah, L. K., Sarfo-Adu, K., Ahiale, H.O (2016). “Towards A Unified Classification of World Englishes”. In Babatunde, S. T. et al. (eds.) A Festschrift in Honour of Professor David Jowitt, Univ. of Oyo: Haytee Press & Publishing Co. Nig. Ltd.
  • Sarfo-Adu, K. (2015). “Investigating Paragraph Writing Skills among Polytechnic Students: The Case of Kumasi Polytechnic." International Journal of Language and Linguistics. 3, 145-153
  • Sarfo-Adu, K. (2015). “Nominalizations in Research Article Abstracts: A Comparative Study”, European Journal of Language Studies,2, (1), 56 – 66
  • Sarfo-Adu, K. (2015), Amponsah-Partey, F. Addo-Danquah, . R G. “Bias in Headlines: Evidence from Newspaper Coverage of the 2012 Ghana Presidential Election Petition” International Journal of Language and Linguistics, 3 (6) 416-426
  • Sarfo-Adu, K. (2015), F Amponsah. Partey, Rosemary G. Addo-Danquah, (2015). “Linguistic Chauvinism and Attitudes Towards Non-Native Englishes: A Literature Survey”, Conference Paper, International Conference on Applied Science and Technology, Kumasi Polytechnic, Kumasi, Nov. 9-11

 

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

  • “Yes, one front”: A pragmatic analysis of English terminologies used in the transport sector in Ghana
  • Exploring the deployment of illocutionary force indicating devices (IFIDs) in the speech acts of John Agyekum Kufuor’s campaign speeches
  • A lexico -semantic analysis of parallelism in selected Pauline letters

PAPER PRESENTATION

  • “JAK the Challenger vs. JAK the Incumbent: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Campaign Speeches of John Agyekum Kufuor in the 2000 and 2004 Presidential Elections”, Organized by The John A. Kufuor Foundation: ISSER Conference Room, University of Ghana, Legon, March 12, 2020
  • “Positive Change” Vs “So Far So Good”: A Comparative Analysis of Challenger-Incumbent Strategies in Presidential Campaign Communication: The Case of John Agyekum Kufuor, 11th Linguistics, Association of Ghana Annual Conference, University of Ghana, July 30 – August 1, 2018
  • “I deserve another term in office”, A pragma-rhetorical analysis of incumbent verbal style in presidential campaign”, 30th West African Languages Congress and 10th Linguistics Association of Ghana Conference, University of Education, Winneba (North Campus) July 31 – August 5 2017.
  • “Challenger Verbal Style in Presidential Campaign: A Pragma-Rhetorical Analysis” KsTU Business School Seminar Presentation, October 19, 2017
  • “Investigating Politeness Strategies in Media Panel Discussions”,10th Linguistics, Association of Ghana Annual Conference, GILLBT, Tamale, 26th – 28th July 2016
  • “A Preliminary Investigation into the Use of Nominalizations in Research Article Abstracts: A Comparative Study”, International Conference on Applied Science and Technology (ICAST), Kumasi Polytechnic, Kumasi, 19 – 21 November 201
  • “Deviations in Non-native Englishes: A Study of Semantic and Lexical Variations in Ghanaian English,” School of Graduate Studies and Research Seminar Presentations, Kumasi Polytechnic, 13 March 2012

 

 

 

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