AYOOLA Kehinde Adewale

Email address(es): Kayoola@oauife.edu.ng; kehinday77@yahoo.co.uk

Office Address: HBIII, Room 306

Academic Qualifications: B.A., M.A., PhD

Areas of Specialization: Applied Linguistics

Title of M.A. Thesis:

Standardization of English usage in Nigeria: A study of English translation of Yoruba greetings

Title of Ph.D. Thesis:

A critical discourse analysis of the reporting of some Niger-Delta issues in selected Nigerian newspapers, 1999–2007

Scholarships:

M.A. Coursework 1982 by Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Ongoing Current Research:

Using Artificial Intelligence for the teaching, learning and testing of the Use of English course for Nigerian university students

Publications:

Adegbite, W., I. Udofot & K. A. Ayoola (Eds.) (2014). A dictionary of Nigerian English usage. Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University Press.

Olutayo, G. O., T. A. Banji, B. O. Idowu-Faith & K, A. Ayoola (Eds) (2017). Use of English Manual for Universities and Colleges. Bowen University, Iwo.

Adewole, L. O., D. O. Ogungbile, K. A. Ayoola, F. Hunsu & A. O. Ogunyemi (Eds) (2020), The Humanities and the Challenges of Development in Africa. Book Minds.

Unuabonah, F., K. A. Ayoola & A. Adegoju (Eds) (2018) Explorations in Critical Discourse and New Media Studies: Essays in Honour of Rotimi Taiwo. Galda-Verlag.

Ayoola, K. A., Aragbuwa, A., & Oyebode, O. O. (2021). Current approaches to discourse analysis: A manual for university students. Obafemi Awolowo University Press.

Ayoola, K. A. and Soneye, T. A. (2016) Mother tongue eclipsing in the linguistic repertoire of Yoruba/English bilingual children in Nigeria. Legon Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 27, No. 1, 95-118.

Ayoola, K. A., G. Olutayo & T. A. Banji (2017). Using needs analysis to develop a learner-centred use of English curriculum for first year students in a Nigerian university. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Comparative Studies, Vol. 4(1-3), 51-65.

Ayoola, K. A. & A. Aragbuwa (2017). The Semiotics of Anti-terrorism in the “#Bring Back Our Girls” Campaign. Lagos Papers in English Studies (Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos).

Aragbuwa, A. & K. A. Ayoola. (2018) Antithetical gendered stances in readers’ comments on domestic violence against men. International Journal of Society, Culture & Language.

Aroge, M. G. & Ayoola, K. A. (2020) Choice of Mood System in Teacher-Student Interactions. Ife Studies in English Language. Vol 15, Nos. 1 & 2.

Ayoola K. A. & Basambo N. S. (2022) An Investigation of the Leisure Reading Habits of Students in Some Nigerian Universities. Zamfara International Journal of Humanities, Vol 3, Issue 1.

Staff Profile:

I am Editor, Journal of the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (JESAN), Papers in English and Linguistics (PEL), and Journal of English and Communication in Africa (JECA).