Difference between revisions of "User:Medadi Erisa Ssentanda"

Latest revision as of 07:22, 23 June 2018

Hello,

My name is Medadi E. Ssentanda. I hold a PhD in General Linguistics (Stellenbosch University) in the area of language education. I have an M.A. (Linguistics) and B. A (Education) from Makerere University. I am a Lecturer in the Department of African Languages, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. My mother tongue is Luganda (also known as Ganda).

At the University, I teach: Luganda morphology, Luganda Orthography, Luganda for Scholarly Communication, Language policy and managemet and Introduction to Translation. I a reader in multilingual education, language policy in a school context and early reading literacy development.

I also have interest in the area of Language Description and Documentation. In addition I love Computer work, research, translation, teaching and learning new things.

Please visit the Luganda page(s) for more information on what I work on here on TypeCraft.

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 Hello,
-My name is Medadi Erisa Ssentanda.
+My name is Medadi E. Ssentanda.
+I hold a PhD in General Linguistics (Stellenbosch University) in the area of language education. I have an M.A. (Linguistics) and B. A (Education) from [http://www.mak.ac.ug Makerere University]. I am a Lecturer in the Department of African Languages, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. My mother tongue is Luganda (also known as Ganda).
-Starting January 2012, I am undertaking my PhD study at [http://www.sun.ac.za Stellenbosch Uinversity], South Africa in the field of Language Education. I am sponsored by Stellenbosch University through the PANGeA arrangement(Plan for Africa's Next Generation of Academics) in the Department of General Linguistics. I will be working on Mother tongue education in Uganda while examining the teachers' perceptions on the language policy and curriculum and how the teachers' practices reflect/contradict the language policy and curriculum in Uganda.
+At the University, I teach: Luganda morphology, Luganda Orthography, Luganda for Scholarly Communication, Language policy and managemet and Introduction to Translation. I a reader in multilingual education, language policy in a school context and early reading literacy development.
-I hold an M.A. (Linguistics) and B. A (Education: Luganda and History) from [http://www.mak.ac.ug Makerere University]. I am currently an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of African Languages, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
+I also have interest in the area of Language Description and Documentation. In addition I love Computer work, research, translation, teaching and learning new things.
-My mother tongue is Luganda (also known as Ganda). I love my mother tongue and I want to see it develop each day.
+Please visit the [[Luganda|Luganda page(s)]] for more information on what I work on here on TypeCraft.
-At the University, I teach: Luganda morphology, Luganda Orthography and Introduction to Translation. I also participate in projects at the Institute of Languages: Translation projects, Software Localization, Dictionary Writing and in Linguistic terminology development for Luganda.
-I have developed great interest in the area of Language Description and Documentation. In addition I am very interested in Computer work, research, translation, teaching and learning new things.
-There are two squibs that I am working on now: [[A comparative analysis of Runyankore-Rukiga and Luganda pronominal agreement]] and [[Typology of Luganda verbal and nominal affixes]]. These two articles are under construction.
-Please visit the [[Luganda|Luganda page(s)]] for more information.