He is an Assistant Lecturer and a faculty member in the Department of Languages at the Gambaga College of Education with thirteen (13) years of pre-tertiary and one year tertiary teaching experiences.
Education:
He holds a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) degree in Literature in English from the University of Education, Winneba, (UEW). He also holds a Master of Art (MA) degree in Literature in English from the Cape Coast University, (UCC), a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree in English Literature (Secondary Education) from the Valley View University, Techiman Campus (VVU), and a Diploma in Basic Education (DBE) with Literature as Specialism from the Evangelical Presbyterian College of Education, Bimbilla (Bimbico).
Research interest:
Literary Analysis of Texts (Prose, Poetry and Drama), Sociolinguistics of Anufᴐ language contact phenomena, and Structure and literariness of Anufᴐ oral traditions
Publications:
- Yaw-kan, J. P., Gambil, J. N. X., Akor, D. Y., & Donwaazum, M. K. (2024). Constructing Masculine and Feminine Traits: A Social Constructive Reading of Robert Frost’s “Home Burial”. Journal of Language and Literature, 24(1), 124-133. DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.7134
- Oppong-Adjei, D., & Yaw-kan, J. P. (2023). Anufɔ-English Codeswitching in Informal Settings Among the Anufɔ People of Ghana. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 01968599231164137. DOI: 10.1177/01968599231164137
- Yaw-kan, J. P., Gambil, J. N. X., Akor, D. Y., & Donwaazum, M. K. (2022). A CALL-based approach to understanding the concept of character and characterization in literary texts: A case study of SHS three “B” learners of Chereponi SHS/T in the North East Region. International Journal of Research, 11(13), 73-83. DOI: 10.5861/ijrse.2022.345
- Joseph Peter, Y. (2022). The Unsaid or Empty Speech: The act of Being Silenced: Language of Silence of Women and its Implications in Amma Darko’s Beyond the Horizon and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 48(2), 289-306. DOI: 10.1177/01968599221102523