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Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh is a Ghanaian professor of English and the first female Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast. Her appointment was made at the 99th Governing Council Meeting of UCC that was held on 23 November 2018.
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You need to build social skills and learn to volunteer because as teachers, you will do more than teaching. Sometimes, you will have to do other things without pay.
I reiterated the need for the students to aim at becoming economically independent, especially women, before venturing into life-long commitments such as marriage.
Those with legitimate power, including those with academic, legal, political and media authority, must understand that power was transient, fragile and must be used wisely.
It is important for them to be confident and not feel intimidated because of your backgrounds.
Perhaps that is why we have an ethno-linguistic crisis looming.
Universities do not train students to fit into specific jobs but produce well-rounded critical thinkers who can assume different positions.
I call for respect for all through the use of language.
Delivering her inaugural lecture on the topic, Our identity as a people is closely linked to our discourses.
National discourses full of insults were a reflection of a negative national identity, wherever we use language as a people we are constructing an identity.
I encourage the students to exude traits of commitment, diligence, respect, perseverance, curiosity, and responsibility to reach their desired peaks in life.
Students should be confident irrespective of their humble beginnings especially those who attended public schools.
I proposed an inclusive environment where everyone felt valued and respected by adhering to the social norms of language use.
The country's discourses are becoming increasingly toxic, and has therefore called for a conscious effort to readjust towards positive engagements.
We claim we are Africans, but we respect those who speak English in our schools, describing others as local, when the language is not our birth language.
The Human Library is a library of people where readers can borrow human beings serving as open books and have conversations with them tapping into their experiences.
Language had been used in different contexts by persons I describe as legitimate power holders to often manipulate others through discourses, often for selfish gains.
I believe we engage in most discourses the way we do because either we do not know the norms of language use or we have lost it as a people.
focusing on academic sustainability would help produce competent academic staff for universities to create sustainability in their countries and the continent.
I attended public schools yet I dared to challenge myself to do my utmost without considering where I was coming from and the private schools my mates attended.
Studies indicated that some Ghanaian students did not speak even one Ghanaian language, explaining that schooling had a way of making people speak English to ignore and look down on their language.
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