Main profile

Name: 
Aklilu Gashaye
Lecturer
Address:
P.O.Box: 3062
Campus: Main Campus
Block: B-21

Email: aklilugm@gmail.com

Mobile: +251913044343

 

Other information:

Academic Unit/ Program: English Language and Literature

Background: Aklilu attended his BA degree at Bahir Dar University, English Language and Literature department in 2006. He also graduated with MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at the same university in 2009. Aklilu is currently a second year PhD in TEFL candidate at Bahir Dar University.

Qualification: MA in TEFL

Current Teaching: Spoken and Written Communication, Technical Report Writing and Research

                                  Methods, Basic English Writing Skills, Communicative English Skills.

Research Interest: English Language Teaching (ELT)

Ongoing Research Project: Conducting three research projects with colleagues

Research Supervision Interests: I am interested in supervising research works on

  • English Language Teaching
  • Assessment methods
  • Teaching English for specific purpose

The topics I am currently supervising include:

  • Error analysis in EFL writing classrooms
  • Enhancing vocabulary teaching in elementary classrooms
  • Challenges and practices of teaching reading in selected high schools

Topics supervised

  • Effect of grammatical knowledge on writing proficiency of high school learners
  • An investigation into the effect of English Language Anxiety on the academic achievement of EFL learners.