Career Profile
Ebele Angela Nwafor is a lecturer at the Department of Linguistics, Foreign and Nigerian Languages, Faculty of Arts, National Open University of Nigeria. She obtained her Master of Arts degree (M.A.) in linguistics from Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria. Post Graduate Diploma of Education (PGDE) from National Open University of Nigeria and Bachelor of Arts Degrees (B.A.) from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. She is currently a PhD student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. Ebele has attended many conferences and has written papers published in different journals. She is a licensed teacher with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) and also belongs to the following learned associations: Ebele Angela Nwafor is a lecturer at the Department of Linguistics, Foreign and Nigerian Languages, Faculty of Arts, National Open University of Nigeria. She obtained her Master of Arts degree (M.A.) in linguistics from Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria. Post Graduate Diploma of Education (PGDE) from National Open University of Nigeria and Bachelor of Arts Degrees (B.A.) from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. She is currently a PhD student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. Ebele has attended many conferences and has written papers published in different journals. She is a licensed teacher with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) and also belongs to the following learned associations: • Linguistics Association of Nigeria (LAN) • International Pragmatics Association of Nigeria (PrAN)• International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)• Lagos Studies Association (LSA). She is among the Second Cohort of the LSA Mentoring Program for Women Graduate Students, 2023.
Ebele Angela Nwafor
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Linguistics Foreign and Nigerian languages
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M.A Linguistics 2017M.A Linguistics 2017PGDE 2014B.A Linguistics 2010
1. Teaching 1. Teaching i. National Open University of Nigeria: 2023 – date ii. Madonna University Nigeria (Okija Campus): 2022 – 2023 iii. Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe: 2017 – 2022
2. Media: Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Abuja 100: Profiles in Service (a biographical compendium that profiles men and women who shape the FCT).
1. Nwafor, E.A. (2024), “”Linguistic Bias in AI algorithms: Ensuring Fairness and Ethical Integrity in Higher Education Assesments””. Handbook on Artificial Intelligence and Quality Higher Education, Vol.3. AI and Ethics, Academic Integrity and the future of Quality Assurance in Higher Education. Book in Honour of Abubakar Adamu Rasheed.
2. Eyisi, J. and Nwafor, E.A. (2024), “Teaching Methods for Effective Learning of the Igbo Language”. Excellence in Teaching Profession. A Festschrift in Honour of Dr. C.F. Umerah.
3. Eyisi, J. and Nwafor, E.A. (2023), “Usoro Nkụzi Maka Ezi Ọmụmụ Asụsụ Igbo””, in National University Commission CCMAS Book Series, Fundamentals of Education Book 1”.
4. Nwafor, E.A. (2023), “”Comparative Analysis of E learning and Conventional Teaching Methods””. Madonna Journal of English and Literary Studies, Vol.4 No 1.
5. Nwafor, E.A and Nwafor O.J. (2023), “”Unveiling Polysemy without Ambiguity: A Semantic Analysis of Lexical Items in the Umumba Ndiagu Dialect of Igbo Language””. Madonna University International Journal of Education and Arts, Vol.1 No. 4.
6. Odeh B.E, Ivwori G.A and Nwafor, E.A. (2020), “”Pluralization Strategies in the Urhobo Language””. Ikenga International Journal of Institute of African Studies.
Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Conversational Analysis, Ethnomethodology and Sociolinguistics.