OKOA D. SIMILE

Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Literature, Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education

Education:

Bachelor of Arts with Education, M.A (Linguistics), PhD (Linguistics) University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Teaching:

Linguistic Theory, Syntactic Theory, English pragmatics, sociolinguistics, Second Language Learning, English Language Dialects, Morphology, English Phonetics and Phonology.

Research:

African Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Second Language Learning and Syntax.

Publications:

1. Simile, O. (2013). Phonological Aspects of Kɨβwanɉi. M.A. Thesis, University of Dar es Salaam.

2. Simile,O & Upor, R.A. (2017). Segmental Aspects of Kɨβwanɉi Phonology: A Non-Linear Representation. Utafiti Journal. Vol 12, No 1 & 2 University of Dar es Salaam.

3. Simile, O. (2024). 'Hapa ni wapi? (Where is this?)’: a linguistic and discursive examination of students-teacher dynamics in education. Cogent Education.Vol.  - 11 (1). DO  - 10.1080/2331186X.2024.2354140