RESUME
Bagabaga College of Education
P.O.BOX 35 E/R
Tamale, Ghana
MOBILE NUMBER: 0204327544/0243609344
E-MAIL: msalifu93@yahoo.com
NAME: Mohammed Salifu Issahaku
CAREER OBJECTIVE: To become an educationist who will help in educating the masses and providing quality educational support to all at all levels of Education in the world
MARITAL STATUS: Married
LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Dagbani, Hausa
INTEREST/HOBBIES: reading, traveling and sports

EDUCATION:

2013-2014:

University of Ghana -Legon

Master of Arts in English

1999-2003:

University of cape coast, cape coast

Bachelor of Education in Arts

B.ed Arts (English and History)

JUNE 1997:

G.C.E ordinary level certificate (private) Key subjects:

Literature in English, History, Government

1995-1997

Ghana Senior High School Certificate (SSSCE)

Key subjects: Literature in English, History and Government

FIRST DEGREE PROJECT: A Project on “The New Language Policy in Ghana: a Case Study in Volta region “Presented to the Department of Arts and Social Science Education, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast for the award of Bachelor of Education (B.ed) in Arts (English and History) degree.

SECOND DEGREE PROJECT: The role of the first language in second language (English Language) learning.

WORK EXPERIENCE: 2003-2004

English language and Literature teacher;

Off-Campus Teaching Practice and National Service

Ghana Secondary School,

Tamale

January 2005-November 2005

Project coordinator;

Equal project (an educational Non –Governmental Organization) I

Northern Ghana Coverage districts:

Gushegu, Tolon, Savelugu.

2005-present

Tutor;

English language (including literature),

Bagabaga College of Education,

Tamale,

Ghana.

2011-present

Language Trainer
Ghana Education Service
Tamale metropolis

2013-presnt

Coordinator

Bagababa College of Education
Demonstration preparatory School
Primary and J.S.H School
Tamale

2015-Present

Teaching practice coordinator
Basic Schools Teacher Trainee Teaching practice (on and off campus)
Bagabaga College of Education,
Tamale

LEADERSHIP
EXPERIENCE: 2001- 2003

National secretary; Ghana National Muslim Students’ Association

President; Northern Region Students’ Union University of Cape Coast Branch

1996 - 1997

Secretary; Ghana Muslim Students’ Association (GMSA),

Ghana Secondary school,

Tamale

2014 – 2015

Secretary; Tamale Brotherhood Association

Assistant Staff Secretary; Bagabaga College of Education, Tamale

REFERENCES: ® Alhaji Mohammd Haruna

Director, Ghana Education Service,

Northern Region,

Tamale.

Tel: 0235545855

® Mr. Bugli Sugri Mike

Senior Hall Tutor and Head of Languages Department

Bagabaga College of Education, Tamale

Mobile NO: 0208382659

® Mr. Haruna Fuseini Jaja

Department of Physical Education,

Bagabaga college of Education,

Tamale

Tel: 0243-939159

KEY ENGLISH AND LITERATURE COURSES I PURSUED AT THE BACHALOR DEGREE AND MASTER DEGREE LEVELS

 Aspects of English Semantics
 Introduction to English Grammar I
 Theories of English Grammar
 English Literary Stylistics
 English Structure and Style
 English Phonetics and Phonology
 English Literary Criticism
 Introduction to English Grammar II
 Communication to Literature in English
 English Language and Learning Task
 Introduction to ( Poetry) in English
 The use of English Language
 Teaching English
 African Literature
 Ghanaian Literature
 Methodology of English Language Teaching
 English Syntax
 Morphology of English
 Varieties of English
 Theories of Second Language Learning
 English Phonetics and Phonology
 Research Methods in English
 Literary Theory
 Semantics of English
 Advanced Composition
 Methodology
 Language Syllabus Design
 Seminar on Language Testing and Evaluation