Brief biographical introduction: He holds a B.A degree in English and a Diploma in Education from the University of Cape coast (1991). He also holds an MPhil degree in English from the University of Ghana, Legon. He has been engaging in active full-time teaching and research work in the area of English language and its related course since October, 2000 when he joined the department of English, CU. He contributed significantly into the development of the Department of English between 2005 and 2018. He was Active Head of Department in the Department of English, Central University between 2007 and 2010. He also taught English language and study skills and Academic writing and I and II in the Language Centre of the University of Ghana as an adjunct Lecturer between 2002 and 2013
He is currently the Coordinator of the English Language teaching activities in the Department of Communication and Media Studies within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (for the 2022/23 academic year). He is also currently in his PHD English research project in the Department of English, University of Cape Coast.
Research interests:
Include Critical Discourse Analysis in the area of Applied Linguistics, Stylistic Analysis of Non-literary text, Exploration of Emerging Linguistic issues in the area of Varieties of English especially Ghanaian English, Discourse text Analysis.
RECENT PUBLICATION (S):
Tchume, Mr. (2017). The Principles of Effective Communication (revised edition 2020). Sylva Press, Accra Ghana.
Contact details: mtchume@yahoo.co.uk; mtchume@central.edu.gh