Genre Analysis of Chief Examiners’ Reports from Selected Colleges of Education in Ghana

Although studies on genre abound in the Ghanaian literature, only a few have paid attention to the form and function of Chief Examiners’ Reports on the academic performance of candidates at examinations. To address this gap, the current study analyzes Chief Examiners’ Reports from selected Colleg...

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Main Authors: Henry Kwao Ayitey, Obed Nii Broohm, Gladys Mimmie Edjah
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Language:English
Published: Noyam Journals 2022-04-01
Series:E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://noyam.org/ehass2022343/
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description Although studies on genre abound in the Ghanaian literature, only a few have paid attention to the form and function of Chief Examiners’ Reports on the academic performance of candidates at examinations. To address this gap, the current study analyzes Chief Examiners’ Reports from selected Colleges of Education, covering several disciplines. The study adopts a qualitative descriptive design to examine movement patterns as well as the linguistic devices employed in such reports. Cast in Bhatia’s model of move analysis theory and Kanoksilapatham’s move criteria, the study shows that moves employed include both mandatory and discretionary ones: six (out of the ten) of the moves are mandatory while four are discretionary. Furthermore, the study found that most Chief Examiners’ Reports lack Introduction sections, and there appears to be no standard structure/format in Chief Examiners’ Reports. Regarding stance-taking devices, the study found that only three pronouns, it, they and this were used. It is recommended that Chief Examiners pay critical attention to the Introduction segments of their reports and that a standard format is provided to all Chief Examiners so as to achieve uniformity
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spelling doaj.art-d4adfaadb973493682f08c28779e33a92023-09-02T14:56:04ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences2720-77222022-04-0134115129https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2022343Genre Analysis of Chief Examiners’ Reports from Selected Colleges of Education in GhanaHenry Kwao Ayitey0Obed Nii Broohm1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-1962Gladys Mimmie Edjah2 Department of Language, Kibi College Of Education, Kibi -Eastern Region, GhanaDepartment of Language and Communication Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaSt. Louis College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana.Although studies on genre abound in the Ghanaian literature, only a few have paid attention to the form and function of Chief Examiners’ Reports on the academic performance of candidates at examinations. To address this gap, the current study analyzes Chief Examiners’ Reports from selected Colleges of Education, covering several disciplines. The study adopts a qualitative descriptive design to examine movement patterns as well as the linguistic devices employed in such reports. Cast in Bhatia’s model of move analysis theory and Kanoksilapatham’s move criteria, the study shows that moves employed include both mandatory and discretionary ones: six (out of the ten) of the moves are mandatory while four are discretionary. Furthermore, the study found that most Chief Examiners’ Reports lack Introduction sections, and there appears to be no standard structure/format in Chief Examiners’ Reports. Regarding stance-taking devices, the study found that only three pronouns, it, they and this were used. It is recommended that Chief Examiners pay critical attention to the Introduction segments of their reports and that a standard format is provided to all Chief Examiners so as to achieve uniformityhttps://noyam.org/ehass2022343/genresmoveschief examiners’ reportenglish for specific purposes
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chief examiners’ report
english for specific purposes
title Genre Analysis of Chief Examiners’ Reports from Selected Colleges of Education in Ghana
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title_short Genre Analysis of Chief Examiners’ Reports from Selected Colleges of Education in Ghana
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moves
chief examiners’ report
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