Adékúnmi Ọlátúnjí

Adékúnmi Ọlátúnjí
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | UH Manoa · Department of Second Language Studies

Second Langugage Studies

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Introduction
My MA research centred around heritage language and family language policies of the Yorùbá diaspora. My professional activities have included teaching EFL, EAP, ELT materials development, and ELT management, and curriculum design. As a doctoral student, I'm interested in academic literacies, emotions, and questions of power.
Skills and Expertise
Language Teaching
Language Learning
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
English for Academic Purposes
ELT Management
Critical Language Pedagogy
Emotions in Education
Fear in Teaching
Additional affiliations
January 2020 - June 2020
SOAS, University of London
SOAS, University of London
  • Centre for Gender Studies
  • London, United Kingdom
Position
  • Research Assistant
Description
  • Review of African Studies at SOAS - Curriculum Review - Mapping and Analysis of Centres of African Studies -Planning, organising and facilitating interview and focus groups
October 2018 - November 2019
SOAS, University of London
SOAS, University of London
  • Department of Linguistics
  • London, United Kingdom
Position
  • Master's Student
Education
September 2018 - September 2019
SOAS, University of London
SOAS, University of London
Field of study
  • Linguistics

Publications

Publication (1)
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Reflections on how Family Language Policies have contributed to language shift among Yorùbás in London
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  • Oct 2023
This paper presents a small-scale, qualitative, interview-based investigation into Yorùbá families' language policies, according to the tripartite model of practice, management, and beliefs. The objective was to determine factors that have resulted in the second-generation of Yorùbá in London not being active speakers of their heritage language. Fi...
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