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Tests in Communication Skills and Answers is a textbook to solve learning difficulties students face in the Communication Skills subject in the various tertiary institutions across the country.
The book, written by three authors with great experiences and in-depth knowledge in the subject, will be officially released to the market this weekend.
The book aims to equip students with competence to help them fit and thrive in the academic discourse community. It will be without doubt, a useful resource material and guide for students offering Communication Skills at the various tertiary institutions.[ads2]
In spite of the crucial role that this course plays in the academic lives of students, evidence suggests that many students face difficulties in scaling through this important course, and this is reflected in the low grades that they record in this subject area.
It is, therefore, necessary that interventions aimed at ameliorating the situation are introduced. There have been genuine attempts in this regard thus far. The first comes in the form of books written to explain issues in Communication Skills to enable students grasp the nuances of the course. The second comes in the form of books that explain issues in Communication Skills
and also provide questions for students to attempt.
What makes the current book unique is that it deals fundamentally with questions pertaining to some key topics in Communication Skills and goes on to provide answers to all of these questions.
All the questions found in the book have been originally set and have been modelled around how most tertiary institutions in Ghana test Communication Skills. Some of the passage found in this book are the original creations of the authors; those ones adapted for the purposes of questions setting have been duly acknowledged.[ads3]
To give users the opportunity to practice extensively, over 1,600 questions and answers have been presented in this book. Some of the regularly tested topics in the book are Concord, Ambiguities, Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers, Notes, Clausal elements and Spelling have been presented.
Pertaining to users, apart from students who are the primary target, journalists, teachers/lecturers and other professionals who use English language will find this book very interesting…
About the authors
Ramos Asafo-Adjei
Ramos Asafo-Adjei is author of books such as A handbook on Communication Skills Volume 1 and co-author of A Student Companion for Academic Success. Currently, he is a lecturer at the Centre for Languages and Liberal Studied of Takoradi Technical University where his thirteen years in teaching Communication Skills, English Language and Linguistics have greatly informed the contents of this book.
Furthermore, his experiences gained in lecturing at Valley View University, University of Ghana and Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) distance programmes have all contributed immensely to the construct of the test items in the book…
Abigail Konadu Aboagye
Abigail Konadu Aboagye holds Master of Arts degree in Teaching of English as Second Language (TESL) for the Linguistics Department of University of Ghana. Her nine years experience in teaching Communication Skills has enabled her make crucial contributions towards the writing of this book. She currently lectures at the Centre of Languages and Liberal Studies of Takoradi Technical University.
Grace Nana Aba Dawson-Ahmoah 
She is a lecturer at the Centre for Languages and Liberal Studies of Takoradi Technical University. She has taught Communication Skills for ten years and is currently pursuing a PhD in English Programmes at the University of Ghana. She has conducted a lot of research on metaphors. She is a regular member of the Linguistics Association of Ghana as well as member of the Association for Researching and Applying of Metaphors. Her contributions are on cognitive linguistics, cultural linguistics and discourse analysis.
Interested persons are required to contact the following numbers: 0209107111, 0243056285 or 0201242227 for a copy of the book….
Also copies can be bought at the Takoradi Technical University main library at the main campus…[ads5]
