1. Presidential Report – LAG 2012
NANA ABA APPIAH AMFO

2. Membership since 2010
 Regular Members – 107
 Student Members – 34
 Total - 141

3. Represented Institutions
 UG – 68  UCC – 3
 KNUST – 8  Wa Poly – 1
 UEW – 35  OAU – 2
 GILLBT – 7  UMaT – 1
 Calif. State Uni. – 1  CUC – 1
 IPS – 1  Radboud Uni.- 1
 VVU – 1  Koforidua Poly – 1
 Wisconsin Uni. – 2  New York Uni. – 1
 Trinity – 1
 Kumasi Poly – 1

4. Membership
2011 2012
 Student Members – 28  Student Members – 9
 Regular Members – 73  Regular Members – 70
 Total - 101  Total - 79

5. 2011 Membership Coverage
 CUC – 1  GILLBT – 5
 K’dua Poly – 1  UEW – 14
 UMaT – 1  UG – 64
 Wa Poly – 1  Calif. State Uni – 1
 UCC – 3  NYU – 1
 VVU – 1  Radboud Uni – 1
 IPS – 1  OAU - 2
 KNUST - 5

6. LAG 2011
 8 – 10 August 2011
 Venue: NODA Hotel, near KNUST, Kumasi
 Theme: Languages in Context and Contact
 Presentations: 47 + Keynote address
 Attendance: 61

7. LAG 2011 – Institutions Represented
 Ghana
 UG, UEW, UCC, CUC, Methodist
University, KNUST, IPS, GILLBT
 Nigeria
 University of Ibadan, Catholic University of Nigeria, University
of Jos, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nnamdi Azikiwa
Unversity
 Cameroun - CABTAL
 Amsterdam - University of Leiden

8. Workshop 2012
 Date: 13th January, 2012
 Venue: ICT Directorate, UG
 Sponsors: UG – ORID; ICT Directorate

9. Workshop 2012 - Participants
 57
 University of Ghana
 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
 University of Education, Winneba
 University of Cape Coast
 Central University College
 SMs (non-LAG members)
 UG Departments (Religion, English, Modern
Languages, Language Centre)
 Dean of Arts

10. Workshop 2012 - Sessions
 Accessing Electronic Databases – Mrs Theodosia
Adanu, Balme Library, UG
 Processing Bibliography Electronically using
MENDELEY – Dr. Isaac Baidoo, Statistics
Department

11. Milestones
 Ghana Journal of Linguistics (GJoL)
 Vol 1 No 1 out
 Vol 1 No 2 – out later this year
 Submissions to be sent to the Editor in Chief
 medakubu@ug.edu.gh
 medakubu@gmail.com
 Copies available –
 Website
 www.laghana.org

12. Publications for LAG 2012
 GJoL
 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
 Submission Deadline – 30th October, 2012

13. Future Activities
 Workshop 2013
 Venue - CUC
 Date – Friday 18 January, 2013
 Theme
 LAG 2013
 Venue - UCC
 Date – 29 -31 July, 2013
 Theme – Language Use in Specific Contexts:
Realities, Challenges and Prospects
 LOC Chair – ?Mrs Cecilia Kotey

14. Acknowledgements
 KNUST
 LOC Chair – Dr. Charles Marfo
 HoD, Modern Languages
 Dean
 VC
 UG
 Pro VC, ORID – Prof. John Gyapong
 Dean, Faculty of Arts – Rev. Prof. Cephas Omenyo
 Heads of Department – Linguistics, English, French, Modern
Languages, Language Centre
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