GAJRC | Global Academic Journal of Linguistics and Literature

Journal Name:	Global Academic Journal of Linguistics and Literature
Abbr. Title:	Glob Acad J Linguist Lit
ISSN(Print):	2706-9028
ISSN(Online):	2707-2541
Frequency:	Bi-Monthly
Language:	English
Chief Editor:	Dr. Saeid Rahimipoor
Publisher:	Scholars Middle East Publishers
Country of Origin:	United Arab Emirates

Journal Name:

Global Academic Journal of Linguistics and Literature

Abbr. Title:

Glob Acad J Linguist Lit

ISSN(Print):

2706-9028

ISSN(Online):

2707-2541

Frequency:

Bi-Monthly

Language:

English

Chief Editor:

Dr. Saeid Rahimipoor

Publisher:

Scholars Middle East Publishers

Country of Origin:

United Arab Emirates

Sept. 29, 2022

Cameroon’s Foreign Language Learning Culture and the Paradox of English as an Official Language

Julius Angwah, Emmanuel Tangong
Glob Acad J Linguist Lit; 2022, 4(5): 153-160
DOI : 10.36348/gajll.2022.v04i05.003

University pedagogy is an emerging discipline, continually producing debates and research concerned with quality in higher education. The university teacher plays a central role in the transmission of knowledge and the development of students disciplinary and transversal skills. What about his training in pedagogy? This article is a reflection on this problem related to the act of teaching at the university, It summarises the importance of university pedagogical training for future university teachers and teachers in practice in order to ensure quality teaching that meets national and global requirements and the current and future needs of society.

This paper is aimed at investigating the use of pronouns, specifically the use of personal pronouns in diplomatic discourse made by some Cameroonian diplomats. Diplomacy is a tool for international communication and negotiations, and researchers have shown significant interest in it. The main emphasis here is the use of first personal pronouns ‘I’ and ‘we’ as persuasive methods of communicating to their audience, and diplomatic ideas through the tactical use of the inclusion and exclusion of their audience. There is the use of ‘self’ and ‘group’ participation in their productions. Using personal pronouns, the diplomats’ intentions are identified and also help in the construction of their image. The speeches were selected from the official website of Cameroonian Ministry of External Relation. Critical Discourse Analysis was adopted in order to investigate in what context the personal pronouns (I and we) were used in speeches of two Cameroonian ministers of external relations: Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo and Lejuene Mbella Mbella. The findings show that the occurrences of personal pronouns ‘I’ and ‘we’ in the speeches of both speakers differ slightly, particularly in specific contexts of use. They tend to use more of the ‘we’ pronoun than the ‘I’ in their production. This implies that these pronouns are used differently to achieve different results. They are used to reveal the diplomat’s attitude, motivation, social status and trustworthiness as well as paint a positive image of his country.

The communicative bearing of professional writing cannot be over emphasized. While writing is certainly the most conservative medium of communication, the writings of some Cameroonian medical professionals continue to pose a problem of comprehension to patients. In this study, we explored some medical prescriptions and attitudes in order to first, find out the extent to which patients effectively interpret medical prescriptions, and second, explore their attitudes towards the nature of medical prescriptions. Data was limited to 120 randomly selected medical booklets in the city of Bamenda. 170 informants (120 patients and 50 medics) were interviewed. The results revealed a significant use of abbreviations, imperative and shortened clauses in largely slanted and blurred calligraphies. While medical practitioners and pharmacists easily interpret prescriptions, they pose a serious problem of comprehension to non-health personnel. This led us to the conclusion that unclear prescriptions, in a way, deny patients complete access to their health conditions and history.