It is concluded that UMaT students feel comfortable speaking PE but admit that it can adversely affect their SE. Left to the students alone, “there should be restrictions on PE use in Ghana to informal occasions†and “insistence on SE useâ€. However, they think it is not good enough to speak PE all the time as it will “distort SEâ€, and also “attract wrong public perception as poor scholarsâ€. They recognise that PE is not Standard English (SE) but “feel unashamed†speaking it. Analysis of the responses shows that majority of the students consider PE use “beneficial/advantageous†and “comfortable†because “it gives them a sense of belonging to the student body†it is “easy and fun to speak†and “trendy/spoken by friendsâ€. A questionnaire was administered to 457 undergraduates selected at random from First and Second Year students. What has caused this? How do the students feel about PE use? And what are their own views about PE-speaking in Ghana? This study, the first to examine PE at UMaT, aimed at finding empirical answers to these questions. Of particular interest is the observed increase in PE use among students of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), who are training to become professionals in the mining and allied fields. Pidgin English (PE), though not that popular in Ghana in the past, seems to be gaining ground in the educational institutions today. Pidgin English, Mining and Allied Engineering Fields, Professionals, UMaT Students, Ghana Abstract University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa
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