Joshua Oladepo OLATUNDUN, B.A (Hons) (Ilorin), M.A (Ibadan) M.PIL (Ibadan)
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Biosketch:
Joshua Oladepo OLATUNDUN holds a 2017 M.Phil. degree in Discourse Analysis from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. A teacher of Syntax, Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics at Osun State University since 2009. Apart for being a class Teacher, he has occupied different sensitive positions in the University ranging from the Level Adviser of the 400L Students of the Department of English and Literary Studies to Examination Officer from 2015-2019, the longest in the history of the Department.
Research Interests Achievements/ Specialization:
OLATUNDUN is majorly interested in Literary Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Stylistics and Syntax.
Contribution to Knowledge:
He has published about 10 scholastic publications in chapters in book and local and international journals. He has supervised over 60 B.A projects. Again, he has been awarded the best Lecturer of the year by The English Students Association (ENSSA) in 2013 and 2017 respectively. He has attended local and international Conferences and Workshops.
Professional Activities:
Apart from teaching and research, he has been the Examination Officer, in the last four years, to the Department of English and Literary Studies, Osun State University, Nigeria.
Awards/ Grants:
(i) The Best GNS Lecturer of the Year: Department of Mathematics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, 2006.
(ii) The Best Lecturer of the Year: Department of Languages and Linguistics, Osun State University, Ikire Campus (English Students Association, ENSSA) 2013.
(iii) The Best Lecturer of the Year: Department of Languages and Linguistics, Osun State University, Ikire Campus (English Students Association, ENSSA) 2017.
Academic Appointment:
Membership of Learned and Professional Association:
Member, Nigeria English Studies Association.
Member, Nigerian Pragmatics Association.
Selected Recent Publications:
Olatundun, J.O (2017), ‘Sound Identification and Production for Effective Oral English Performance: A Study of Selected Oyo Secondary School Students’ in Uniosun Journal of Law, Development and the Humanities, Vol. 2, Issue II, pp. 36-41.
Olatundun, J.O (2015): “Locutions in Ahmed Yerima’s Otaelo” in International Journal of English: Literature, Language and Skills (IJELLS), Vol.4 Issue 2, pp. 78-86.
Olatundun, J.O. and Osunbade, Adeniyi (2012): ‘‘Referentiality in Femi Osofisan’ Midnight Hotel’’ in Odebunmi, A. and Mathangwane, J.T (eds) Essays on Language, Communication and Literature in Africa, Cambridge: Cambridge University (LONDON).
Ayo Oyekola, Ade Adejumo and Olatundun, J.O (2012), “Grammatical Quantity and Evaluative Functions in Selected Nigerian Print Adverts” in Ela Journal of African Studies Dept of Fine and Applied Arts, LAUTECH Ogbomoso, No. 31& 32, pp.76-88.
Olatundun, J.O (2010), “Fundamentals of Written Communication in English” in E.T.O Babalola (ed) Use of English for University Students. Osogbo: College of Humanities and Culture, Osun State University. Pp. 153-173
Conferences/ Workshops Attended:
Early Career Scholar Workshop, University of Lagos, Department of English “Locutions in William Shakespeare’s Othello”,(2017).
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State Nigeria and The University of Texas at Austin, USA “A Contrastive Study of Style in Fagunwa’s Igbo Olodumare and Ajadi Translated Version The Forest of God” (2017).
Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (Humboldt Kollege in the Humanities in Nigeria: University of Ibadan), (2018).
1st National Workshop on Pragmatics Research, Lagos State University, Department of English “Current Trends in Pragmatics Research: Theory and Practice” (2018).
2nd National Workshop Cum Conference on Pragmatics Research, Bowen University Iwo, Osun State, Department of English on “Context, Discourse and Knowledge Construction” “Emotion-Based Themes and Locutionary Indexing in William Shakespeare’s Othello and Ahmed Yerima’s Otaelo” (2019).