Know the names of the lecturers involved in the immersion programmes at Buea University

Ask for the spelling of your lecturers’ names from them so that you avoid spelling their names in ways that they cannot recognise.

The following names appear regularly in the immersion programmes. You should note the spellings if any of them is your supervisor or a lecturer you want to mention in your report.

1. Dr Ayuk-Etang Elizabeth   (this is the curr
   
   ent HOD)
2. Dr Mekunda Doreen 
3. Dr Njume Emmanuel Ekindesone
4. Dr Ojongnkpot Oben Comfort 
5. Dr Ignatius Nsaidzedze 
6. Mr Rudolf Ngwa Akongoh
7. Mrs Asong Emmanuela 
8. Ms Lindabelle Nchumulu
9. Ms Emilisco Jones 
10. Mrs Malange Letty 
11. MrsAchou Gisela 

NB: You supervisor could prefer a different name order and you will need to take what they propose.









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Advice on how to Go about your Report Writing Process

St Jerome Immersion Cover Page 

1. The secret in finishing your report in record time is to write at the slightest opportunity. Many students usually find the immersion programme very demanding. The little moment they have, they spend on recreation. While recreation is not a big sin, it is important to manage your time so that much of your spare time is spent on your report.
2. The first step many teachers recommend is that you develop a template/outline. Is like a plan that shows how you will write your report. This gives you a bird eye view of the report writing process before you get into it proper
3. Keep a Diary. This is supposed to be done right from the preparatory phase of your work. This way before you leave your home university, you already have material for the background which will be bettered when you are received and start your classes at the University of Buea.
4. Know how to spell the name of your lecturers. Get their names from them in class or from their colleagues. It is better to leave out a name than to spell it wrongly.
5. Give your work to an Anglophone friend to proofread for you. It could be an undergraduate student, but a Masters student is preferable. Each time you submit your work to your supervisor, it is graded. It is therefore important to submit a work that has quality.
6. When you are done with your work, submit to your supervisor. You will have constant meetings with your supervisors and they will inform you about the frequency of your meetings with them and their availability.

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Format Your Work, Write your Chapters

The major titles should be in capital letters, centred and the chapter number should come first, be in words, not numbers e.g.

CHAPTER THREE

SOCIAL LIFE

1. The numbering should be in Arabic numerals (1,2,3,4,5)
2. Numbering should be done at the bottom of the page
3. Subtitles should be at the left hand of the page numbered in Arabic numerals. e.g.

         3.1 Life in the Cite
         3.1.1 Life with my Neighbours

1. Note that major words are capitalised while function words are not
2. Note that the first digits give the chapter number and the second gives that of the subsection

Formatting

1. The font size is usually 12,
2. Font type is Times New Romans
3. Font Colour is Black
4. Page colour is white
5. Cover page colour is cream white

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

This contains the list of the titles  in your report e.g.

CERTIFICATION…………………………………………………i

DEDICATION………………………………………………..……ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS…………………………..……………iii

GENERAL INTRODUCTION……………………………………01

Preparation at Home………………………………………………11

Life in the Cite……………………………………………………..20 etc.

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Immersion Programme Certication Page

Certification Page for Immersion Report

1. Note that the certification page includes that major title of your report as it appears on the cover page
2. It provides room for the signature of your supervisor and date
3. See sample above

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Immersion Programmes

The Department of English at the University of Buea runs two immersion programmes. That of St Jerome University in Douala (which takes place in two sessions for a period of one month each) and that of the University of Yaounde 1 for students offering bilingual letters (which runs for three months).

• The current guide (report brief) is meant to help students answer some basic questions
  
  which may facilitate their immersion report writing.
• These are just guidelines done by one of the lecturers in the immersion programme. If you are using this document as a guide but are supervised by a different lecturer who thinks otherwise, you have to take to your supervisor’s instructions.
• You can also express any concerns to the coordinator of the programme in cases of doubts.

Cover Page

1. See sample cover page
2. Note that the colour Sky blue (for university of Yaounde students ) and cream white( for St Jerome students )
3. Also note the positions of the titles, name of institution, you name, matriculation number etc.

     

Cover Page for University of Yaounde Immersion Students in Buea

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• These are the pages before the (main) body of the work.
• The preliminary pages typically include the following and the major titles are all centred, in capital letters and in bold.

1. CERTIFICATION
2. DEDICATION
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
4. TABLE OF CONTENTS
5. LIST OF TABLES
6. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
7. LIST OF FIGURES etc.

NB: The ones is red are optional in many cases

• Page Numbering is in Roman numeral (i, ii, iii, iv)
• Page numbering is to the upper right  corner of the page

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Derivations 10

Derive the right word according to the context in the following sentences. The exercise is meant to improve on your knowledge of parts of speech as well as spellings and vocabulary.

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Derivations 10

1. I think the _______________________ [continue] increase in the prices of goods and services can lead to a very high cost of living in the long run and this will make consumers unable to buy our products.
2. The manager was not happy that the board of directors called a meeting without his consent. He saw it as a _______________________ [betray] of his trust.
3. People call him a _______________________ [billion] because he has invested in the petroleum industry. They don’t know he borrowed the money
4. What provoked suspicion in the meeting was that his remarks were completely _______________________ [contradict] to those of the secretary who was also in the same team.
5. Although many people admit that he was a good manager, he was dismissed from office because of his_______________________ [response] to the demands of the workers under his control
6. The insurer has decided to _______________________ [indemnity] my house for me. I am so happy
7. His two-year _______________________ [apprentice] with the NGO gave him the knowledge and experience to be able to manage a large number of war victims.
8. It was his _______________________ [architect] innovation that made him to win the contract to build the new auditorium.
9. His remarks were so _______________________ [judgement]; that made the audience to hate him before he ever passed the verdict
10. You will be _______________________ [jeopardy] your life if you drive to work in that rough and unsteady manner.

Derivations 9

Derive the right word according to the context in the following sentences. The exercise is meant to improve on your knowledge of parts of speech as well as spellings and vocabulary.

                                            Derivations? 

Derivation 9

1. His _______________________ [acquit] by the court has redeemed the image of the company and now many partners are beginning to work on signing new contracts with us.
2. Did he not agree with the lecturers that _______________________ [immerse] is one of the fastest ways of mastering a language?
3. The channel of _______________________ [distribute] must be mastered by everyone in this company so that we know how best to reach suctomers at the shortest possible time.
4. After submitting the model of the new car to four_______________________ [appraise] and receiving positive feedback, he concluded that his invention was original and should be marketed
5. Due to advancement in the area of artificial _______________________ [intelligent] we now have robots that can assist us in much of our work in the factory and office
6. There company claimed that because of the _______________________ [scarce] of raw material, they would halt production of fans for two weeks
7. If you have to work as a tax _______________________ [collect] in this country, you will have to be very prudent in your dealings so as not to be involved in corruption scandals
8. I think we need to revisit the article once more and make modification because this product has to be put in the class of _______________________ [danger] goods.
9. His _______________________ [appoint] means that he automatically gives up his position as HR.
10. The _______________________ [consign] argued that the amount we are asking for the product will exceed what they make in the market and that the records be revisited

Derivations 8

Derive the right word according to the context in the following sentences. The exercise is meant to improve on your knowledge of parts of speech as well as spellings and vocabulary.

                                            Derivations? 

Derivations 8

1. The researcher said that he could not get all the information because much of the history of the locality remains _______________________ [document]
2. If the approach of the manager were not _______________________ [analysis] we would still be at the meeting arguing over trivialities
3. We don’t have many women working in this company as _______________________ [electricity] engineers
4. Since the document was encrypted, my computer found the file completely _______________________ [read].
5. When we came back from Kenya, all the _______________________ [tour] agreed that the journey was a pleasant one
6. After Visiting Waza Park, the Limbe Botanical Garden and Kribi, Josephine finally admitted that Cameroon is a good _______________________ [tour] destination.
7.  He could not analyse the word MULTIDIMENTIONAL because it is _______________________ [syllable].
8. When he proved to the interviewer that he was very _______________________ [knowledge] in the area, they found no reason not to recruit him.
9. It is shocking that he reached the university before he knew the full meaning of the _______________________ [abbreviate] UNESCO.
10.  All the _______________________ [industry] nations have decided to fight global warming by sending aid of some sort to developing countries

Derivations 7

Derive the right word according to the context in the following sentences. The exercise is meant to improve on your knowledge of parts of speech as well as spellings and vocabulary.

                                            Derivations? 

Derivations 7

1. He received the _______________________ [endorse] of the minister on after he had forwarded the minister of the previous meetings held in the council hall.
2. He was asked to deliver the mattresses on a fortnightly basis and should always ask for a _______________________ [received]
3.  Les Brasseries du Cameroun has sent a _______________________ [consign] of three hundred pallets to our warehouse in Bamenda
4.  Has Charlotte made a _______________________ [declare] concerning the missing gloves and computers of the company?
5. Thanks to the Management _______________________ [advise] service, our income has grown steadily over the last five years
6. I have worked with Mrs Atangana for five good years. I just love the woman’s_______________________ [manage] skills.
7. If you are willing to accept any post of responsibility in this company, you shouldn’t be angry when basic questions are asked. It is the dusty of our managers to be_______________________ [account]
8. When his father passed away last year, _______________________ [own] was naturally transferred to Forkou who turned out to be the only son with managerial skills.
9. We have resolved not to open a branch of the company in that location this year because of the lack of _______________________ [access] road.
10.  Part of the money invested on the Cameroon-Chad pipeline came from external financial institutions. There will have to be _______________________ [reimburse] in the long run.

Derivations 6

Derive the right word according to the context in the following sentences. The exercise is meant to improve on your knowledge of parts of speech as well as spellings and vocabulary.

                                            Derivations? 

Derivations 6

1. When her presentation failed, Macus whimpered that he did not a_______________________ (point) during the exercise. That is why the audience did not understand him.
2. I think the secretary has been very _______________________ (service) to us all in this company. She needs to be congratulated
3. I have found a new _______________________ (buy) for our new TOYOTA; that is what makes me happy
4. I think no one has the right to complain now because when the proposal was made to travel in this old bus, there was no_______________________ (object)
5. Gabonese efforts to woo investors have been very _______________________ (product) in the last five years
6. The accounting department said that there were enough funds to improve on advertisement so as to be able to reach all _______________________ (prospect) buyers
7. Our products will reach the _______________________ (retail) this next Friday
8. It is funny to see the way he behaves. When he sees his _______________________ (debt) coming from a distance, he makes a U-turn.
9. We came across two interesting _______________________ (commerce) agents when we were walking down the boulevard yesterday
10. What made him to buy the product is the fact that he was convinced that it was only the _______________________ (promote) price.

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Derivations 5

Derive the right word according to the context in the following sentences. The exercise is meant to improve on your knowledge of parts of speech as well as spellings and vocabulary.

 Derivations? 

Derivations 5

1. After much evidence presented by the attorney, the defendant finally admitted that he was_______________________ (guilty) of the crime 
2. Before the case came to an end the judge handed down his verdict, the results were already _______________________ (evidence) to everyone present.
3. When they were accused of homosexuality, the judge said that presenting videos in the trial was _______________________ (prejudice) to the trial itself
4. The minister of trade has imposed an embargo on certain products so as to discourage the _______________________ (consume) of cigarette
5. He had _______________________ (cost) the containers at £ 2.5m before the broker arrived
6. The chairperson told the attendants of the meeting that four people had called him and made their _______________________ (apologise) for not coming for the meeting.
7. The sales manager was _______________________ (minutes) as having said that sales could be improved by adopting new advertising strategies.
8. When I gave the _______________________ (cash) the blue form, she scrutinised it and then scribbled something at the left bottom corner before asking me to append my signature.
9. I think Mr Zachariah has further _______________________ (debt) this company and should consider resigning.
10. I think we can go on with the transaction without all this investment of time on _______________________ (speculate).

Derivations 4

Derive the right word according to the context in the following sentences. The exercise is meant to improve on your knowledge of parts of speech as well as spellings and vocabulary.                 Derivations? 

1. The president asked the old man to tender his _______________________ (resign) at the end of this year.
2. The headmaster has asked Jun Li to assemble all the _______________________ (salary) workers in the boardroom for an important meeting.
3. The minister of employment and vocational training has promised all _______________________ (retire) better pension schemes.
4. I don’t Know if Daniela was a _______________________ (signature) to that agreement; the terms still need to be clarified to all the stakeholders involved
5. The audit shows that the _______________________ (assess) was right in the claims he made from the very beginning.
6. The company has invested so much in securing work areas and sensitising its workers because employer’s _______________________ (liable) has cost it more than $20,000,000 in the last five years.
7. Public _______________________ (liable) has often led to a lot of disagreement between the firm and members of the general public.
8. We have seen quite clearly the _______________________ (contract) terms spell out very clearly that any viable and experienced worker can succeed the manager in case of death or inability to perform their functions for a period of nine months.
9. The director threatened to bring a _______________________ (law) against his former employer if his remaining benefits are not completed at the end of the month.
10. The Minister may stand _______________________ (try) if he the allegation of misappropriation of state funds is brought up

Derivations 3

Derive the right word according to the context in the following sentences. The exercise is meant to improve on your knowledge of parts of speech as well as spellings and vocabulary.                 Derivations?         

Derivations

1. I don’t know the ________________ (direct) he wants to lead this company in. we may end up in a very dismal situation
2. The work of a ________________ (manage) is very challenging and  you know it
3. When the visitors came in, the secretary asked them to wait at the ________________ (receive)
4. Eposi and I have reached an________________ (agree) on how the jewellery and gadgets from Dubai should be marketed
5. Tell you public relations officer that the agreement has an________________ (append). I suggest he read it carefully.
6. The workforce of the company has reduced because of frequent resignations and ________________ (dismiss)
7. I have worked as an accountant for Mr Mohamadou for ten years. I think he is a good________________ (employ)
8. The ________________ (person) officer ensures that recruitments are properly done, and that the recruits are trained and well catered for
9. Mrs Namondo is a great business woman today. Do you know she five________________ (contain) at sea now headed for Equatorial Guinea?
10. I explained to him why it was not possible to alter things. One of the terms of the contract was that the agreement was________________ (revoke)

Derivation 2

Derive the right word according to the context in the following sentences. The exercise is meant to improve on your knowledge of parts of speech as well as spellings and vocabulary.                              Derivation?

1. You should make an effort to attend all our ________________ (meet) since you will have the opportunity there to learn about the function of the company
2. Mr. Ramat, what are the techniques that a modern ________________ (market) must be versed with to succeed in the world of business today?
3. When Ayuk finished his ________________ (present), the audience could not help clapping so much that the other halls were distracted
4. What is the ________________ (sell) price of brand new lamp?
5. If the firm does its calculations and expresses the damage in ________________ (finance) terms, it will be compensated by the insurance company
6. He is one of the ________________ (benefit) of the loan given last year to producers of cocoa.
7. The editor asked Neba if he knew the ________________ (circulate) of the magazine to which the latter responded that he didn’t, since times had changed so much.
8. The advertisers promised to go on________________ (promote) for two months in order to create awareness about the product
9. I think we should call for the ________________ (withdraw)  of ten million francs since we need huge capital from the outset.
10.  A meeting was scheduled with the board of ________________ (direct) but he did not show up. I think he can be strictly classified as a rude fellow.

Les Brasseries du Cameroun Loses a Truck of Drinks on Tiko-Douala Road

Les Brasseries Du Cameroun loses a truck of drinks on Tiko-Douala Road

An accident has occurred on the Tiko-Douala Road. The accident occurred today Monday 11 June 2018. The Les Brasseries Du Cameroun Truck(or rather the truck carrying drinks for the Les Brasseries du Cameroun company) was moving from Douala (in the Littoral Region) into the Southwest Region when it somersaulted and fell into a nearby gutter. Crates of beer could be seen scattered on the ground. It has not been established whether there was any loss in human life however. It is surprising that the vehicle somersaulted on the road given that the topography is flat.

Brasseries trucks have been targeted in recent months by Ambazonia fighters in the agitated Anglophone regions of the country, but no official communication has been established the cause of this recent accident.

At the time these images were taken at 10:30 am, a great crowd of youths had gathered at the scene and young men and women could be scene ravenously gathering bottles of beer. There was a continuous influx of bike riders as well. In the hours ahead, it is hoped, the authorities in question will reveal the cause of the accident and the extent of damage incurred.

Derivation Exercises 1

Derive the right word according to the context in the following sentences. The exercise is meant to improve on your knowledge of parts of speech as well as spellings and vocabulary.

1. The manager met with personnel from an________________ (advertise) agency yesterday.
2. Mark has now gone into ________________ (advertise), and his former colleagues think it was a brave decision on his part
3. He said that he did not agree with what he receives as ________________ (banking) statement from the manager of APFI.
4. The minister of transport warned that vehicles plying the road without________________ (insure) will be impounded
5. Insurer
6. In a way, Mr. Agbor, we can say that you have been the ________________ (insure) since you provided the necessary finances and bore the risk that put this company where it is today. Thank you so much
7. The youths in the country are suffering from a high level of ________________ (employ).
8. Their companies have made a lot of money from the ________________ (import) of good from Nigeria and China.
9. We will become a major________________ (export) of petrol if there more crude oil is discovered in the gulf
10. The government has warned the producer of cassava to stop black marketing or face ________________ (law) action

Derivation

In ordinary terms to derive means to obtain something from some other thing. Students, for example students derive knowledge from reading. In language terms, the meaning is not different. You derive a word from another word by adding affixes (prefixes and suffices) to the word. The word UNKIND is derived from the word KIND. In other words, derivation is the process of forming a new word by adding affixes to a base. The original word is called a base or a root depending on whether the word on which you are adding your affix is considered a form that cannot be further divided morphologically or not. Exercises on derivation build not only students’ spelling ability but their vocabulary, and potentially, their pronunciation and grammar as well.

                                           

Ten Good People I Met by Chance

I was trying to look back the other day, feeling somewhat dizzy, as I sat  in the  scorching heat that is characteristic of this city of Douala. The breeze was beginning to be generous to me. I was looking back when my mind settled on this rather strange thought. I discovered that most of the people that had put a smile on my face are people I had met by sheer coincidence; then along the way a strong bond had developed. You know that I am not the emotional type that easily is carried away by feelings. I strongly believe in reason. But I firmly believe that even Aristotle appreciated the feeling of friendship. I am about to talk to you about ten people I met by chance; but the chance of meeting them made my life better.

Babe Glory

Akongoh and Babe Glory

Yeah, babe glory, she is not my daughter; I know what might be running through your mind. She was the daughter of a neighbor. A bilingual, little, intelligent, young charming girl of about three. We lived in the same building and she was so keen on the guitar that I used to practise. On weekends and the days she did not have classes at school, she would run and come stairs to play the guitar with me. It was fun and she played it with all her might and enjoyed it even when there was hardly much harmony in the playing.  She would hold the strings and twang them in all directions as if to say one could produce beautiful music by chance. Sometimes babe Glory turned the knobs of the guitar such that the instrument went out of tune. But it was good company having her. 

Actually, what first brought us together was her little drawings. She was fond of drawing little beautiful young girls of her age from her reader (she did not present any boy among her drawings) after which she would  colour them; She believed so much in her little drawings and would have no negative criticism about them. Most of her drawings were very beautiful; but she and I  also agreed that even those drawings that were not of my taste were also amazing drawings!😊 

What I enjoyed most about her was her innocent passions for the things she liked and wanted to do and how it was difficult to forbid her from the things she had a drive for. As obedient, as she was she knew she wanted to twang the guitar, draw little girls and be happy in life, and she did it with innocent passion. She and her parents moved house, but I still enjoy her company, the company of Babe Glory. Whenever I look back, I usually feel I need to be as passionate as she, as innocent as she and as happy as she, yes as happy as Babe Glory!

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