Bright Nkrumah

Research/Teaching Interests

• Teaching Chinese as a foreign/Second language
• Chinese Education in Africa Higher Institutions
• Comparative Study of Chinese Language Education
• Teaching and Acquisition of Chinese Modern Characters
• Sino-African Relations

Education

• Ph. D in Chinese Linguistic (Specialized in the studies of modern Chinese characters), Northwest University, Shaanxi Province, China.
• Master’s Degree in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, Xi’an International Studies University, Shaanxi Province, China.
• Bachelor’s Arts degree in Chinese Language and Literature, Xiangyang Normal University, Shaanxi Province, China.
• Chinese Language Proficiency Course, Shaanxi Normal University, Shaanxi Province, China.

Courses Taught at Baylor

• CHI 1301 Beginning Chinese I
• CHI 2301 Intermediate Chinese I
• CHI 3301: Conv. Comp. Readings I

Selected Publications

• Adams Bodomo, Cliff Mboya, and B. Nkrumah, (2024). Confucius Institutes and the Promotion of Chinese Language and Culture: A Case Study, In: Jamila Adeli and Linda Ammann (eds.), New Silk Road Narratives: Local Perspectives on Chinese Presence along the Belt and Road Initiative. Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, 2024, pp. 179–192. (BOOK CHAPTER).
• Nkrumah, B. & Raymond, A. (2023). Learning foreign languages online: A case of Chinese language learners in Ghana in the era of COVID -19, Journal of Education and E-Learning10(2), 285–293.
• Darko, J. O. & Nkrumah, B. (202) Effect of Gender on Morphological Awareness and Reading Comprehension Competence in Chinese Language: Evidence from the University of Cape Coast, American Journal of Education and Practice 7(1), 26–34.
• Nkrumah, B. & Raymond, A. (2022). Ghanaian Chinese Language Learners’ Perception of Chinese Characters, Journal of foreign language teaching and learning, 7(2), 329-352.
• Nkrumah, B. (2021). Means of communication by Chinese engineers working in Ghana, Asian Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 10(1), 54–62.
• Nkrumah, B. (2021). Beyond Willingness to Speak Chinese: The case of transferring learning Chinese into communication among University of Ghana students. Global Journal of Foreign Languages, 11(1), 51–67.7.
• Nkrumah, B. (2021). Demotivating factors in learning second language: The case of Chinese language learners in Ghana. Journal of foreign language teaching and learning, 6(2), 111-125.
• Nkrumah, B. & Darko, J. O. (2020). A study of attitudes towards learning Chinese as foreign language in Ghanaian universities: A comparative study of University of Ghana and University of Cape Coast. Integrity Journal of Education and Training, 4(1), 9-15.
• Nkrumah, B. (2019).’汉字对外教学研究综述----汉语作为第二语言为例 (A brief review of the teaching of Chinese characters in the context of the study of Chinese as a foreign language). Journal of Chinese information, 4(2), 214-215.
• Xiong, K. & Nkrumah, B. (2019). "加纳眼科医疗服务发展现状分析" (An Introduction to Ophthalmology in Ghana). International Journal of Medicine and Health Guidance, 25(2), 169-172.
• Nkrumah, B. & Huang, Y. M. (2017). "以詞的價值理論探求“脾氣”之本義." (Exploration of the original meaning of the word “Temperament” in Word Value Theory with an explanation for the word Qi in Yellow Emperor’s Canon of Medicine). Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics, 10(1), 29-38. https://brill.com/view/journals/bcl/10/1/article-p29_29.xml
• Nkrumah, B. (2017). 汉字对外教学中的语言研究综述 (Language Research of Chinese Characters Teaching: A case study of Chinese as a Foreign Language).
• Journal of New Education Era, 新教育时代 37, (174)