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Mr. Owuor Boswell Omondi

• Tutorial Fellow

• School of Education and Social Sciences

. • Department of Language and Literature Education

Biography


He is currently serving as a lecturer of linguistics, a position he has held since 2017. He taught English and Literature in secondary school for many years. He is a member of the Language Association of East Africa.

Academic Qualifications


• Doctoral student at Mount Kenya University. (2019- to date) The title of his PhD thesis is: A Discursive Construction of Linguistic Elements Employed to Invoke Gender and Power During Debate in Busia County Assembly in Kenya.

• Master of Arts Degree (2012) Kenyatta University. The title of his MA Dissertation is: Thematic Organization in Spoken Discourse Among Selected Speakers of Kenyan Dholuo.

• He has a Bachelor of Education – Arts (2nd Class Upper Division) (2004) Moi University.

Research Interests


• Has a keen interest in Discourse Analysis as is evident in both the PhD and the MA theses. Attended the following conferences:

• International Mother Language Day/ Conference- Masinde Muliro University of science and Technology (2020) Title of Paper: Mother Language in the Early Years Education in Kenya: The place and role of Folklore. A collaboration with Professor Carolyn Omulando- Alupe university

• International Conference of RC25 ISA -Kenyatta University, (2022)Title of Paper: Linguistic Strategies According to Gender as Reflected in the Kenya National Assembly. A collaboration with Dr. Beth Ngugi of Muran’ga University of Science and Technology

• International Conference of RC25 ISA -Kenyatta University, (2022)Title of Title of Paper: Sociocultural Identity Formation and Reconstruction among Adolescents in Kenya During the COVID19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Selected Texts from the Abakusu Ritualistic Songs. A collaboration with Professor Carolyn Omulando- Alupe university

Publications


Journal Publications:

• Mother Language in the Early Years Education in Kenya: The place and role of Folklore. (Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology)

• Title of Paper: Linguistic Strategies According to Gender as Reflected in the Kenya National Assembly. (International Conference of RC25 ISA)

• Sociocultural Identity Formation and Reconstruction among Adolescents in Kenya During the COVID19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Selected Texts from the Abakusu Ritualistic Songs. (International Conference of RC25 ISA)

Classes taught


• Writing and Critical reading skills

• Morphology

• English Syntax

• Stylistics

• Discourse Analysis

• Phonetics and Phonology

Other relevant links

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Official Contact Details


• Email: bomondi@au.ac.ke

• Telephone number +254726177967