Elizabeth Eno Mends
Lecturer
Faculty: I.T. & Communication Studies
Department: Communication Studies
Academic Area(s): Scholarly Writing, Business Communication, English Language, Communication Skills
Email: [email protected]
Eno is an academic in English Language and has been involved in teaching Scholarly Writing, Business Communication, and Communication Skills in the Department of Communication Studies. Eno’s research interests include Academic Communication, Pragmatics, and Sociolinguistics and Forensic Linguistics. In addition to teaching and research, Eno also works as an evaluator of small grants application, cultural initiative support programmes under the National Commission on Culture. She conducts training programmes for young creative writers and also engages in proofreading and editing of general documents and research work.
ACADEMIC DEGREES
•M.Phil., English, University of Ghana, 2005 - 2011
•B.Ed., English, University of Education, Winneba, 1999 – 2003
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
•Teaching
•Researching
SELECTED PUBLICATION(S)
•Mends, B.E. (2017). An investigation into the naming patterns of food products in Ghana. Journal of Education, Development and Innovation. 1(1), 89-99.
•Mends, B.E. (forthcoming). A morphological analysis of agro-chemical products on the Ghanaian markets. Interdisciplinary Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Technology
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
•Mends, B.E. (2017). A morphological analysis of agro-chemical products on the Ghanaian markets (Paper presented at the International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Business and Technology, M Plaza Hotel, Accra, 2017)
•Mends, B.E. (2016). An investigation into the naming patterns of food products in Ghana (Paper presented at the International Conference on Education, Development and Innovation, Tang Palace Hotel, Accra, 2016).
•Kongo, E. A. & Mends, B.E. (2016). Analysis of Ewe grammar through contemporary Ewe personal names. (Paper presented at the International Conference on Education, Development and Innovation, Tang Palace Hotel, Accra, 2016).
•Mends, B.E. (2012). Question structures used by second language learners of English in informal situation: An observation of Ghanaian Students (Paper presented at a departmental seminar, Department of English, Methodist University College Ghana, Dansoman, Accra)
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
•Workshop on Predatory publishing, the impact on promotion, organized by Linguistics Association of Ghana, January 19, 2018, UPSA, Accra.
SUBJECT AREAS (TEACHING)
Graduate Level (MPhil)
•Research Methods
•Genre Studies
•English Phonology
•Grammar
•Discourse Analysis
•Semantics
•Sociolinguistics
•Literature in Society
Undergraduate level (Bachelor)
•Communication Skills
•Introduction to Literature
•Teaching Language Skills
•Language Classroom Organisation
•Language and Speech Deviations
•Modern English Structure and Usage
•Introduction to Phonetics
•Spoken English Practice
•Varieties of English
•Morphology and Syntax
•Semantics
•Stylistics
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATIONS
•Member, Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG)
•Member, University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG)
•Member, International Literacy Association (ILA)
ACADEMIC DEGREES
•M.Phil., English, University of Ghana, 2005 - 2011
•B.Ed., English, University of Education, Winneba, 1999 – 2003
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
•Teaching
•Researching
SELECTED PUBLICATION(S)
•Mends, B.E. (2017). An investigation into the naming patterns of food products in Ghana. Journal of Education, Development and Innovation. 1(1), 89-99.
•Mends, B.E. (forthcoming). A morphological analysis of agro-chemical products on the Ghanaian markets. Interdisciplinary Journal of Entrepreneurship, Business and Technology
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
•Mends, B.E. (2017). A morphological analysis of agro-chemical products on the Ghanaian markets (Paper presented at the International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Business and Technology, M Plaza Hotel, Accra, 2017)
•Mends, B.E. (2016). An investigation into the naming patterns of food products in Ghana (Paper presented at the International Conference on Education, Development and Innovation, Tang Palace Hotel, Accra, 2016).
•Kongo, E. A. & Mends, B.E. (2016). Analysis of Ewe grammar through contemporary Ewe personal names. (Paper presented at the International Conference on Education, Development and Innovation, Tang Palace Hotel, Accra, 2016).
•Mends, B.E. (2012). Question structures used by second language learners of English in informal situation: An observation of Ghanaian Students (Paper presented at a departmental seminar, Department of English, Methodist University College Ghana, Dansoman, Accra)
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
•Workshop on Predatory publishing, the impact on promotion, organized by Linguistics Association of Ghana, January 19, 2018, UPSA, Accra.
SUBJECT AREAS (TEACHING)
Graduate Level (MPhil)
•Research Methods
•Genre Studies
•English Phonology
•Grammar
•Discourse Analysis
•Semantics
•Sociolinguistics
•Literature in Society
Undergraduate level (Bachelor)
•Communication Skills
•Introduction to Literature
•Teaching Language Skills
•Language Classroom Organisation
•Language and Speech Deviations
•Modern English Structure and Usage
•Introduction to Phonetics
•Spoken English Practice
•Varieties of English
•Morphology and Syntax
•Semantics
•Stylistics
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATIONS
•Member, Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG)
•Member, University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG)
•Member, International Literacy Association (ILA)