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YENO M MATUKA, Ph. D. ADDRESSES ¨ Work: Department of English, Ball State University, Muncie IN 47306/Phone: 765-285-8474; Fax: 765-285-3765; E-Mail: 01ymmatuka@bsu.edu ¨ Home: 1608 W Stirling Dr, Muncie, IN 47304 Phone: 765-286-5604
EXTENDED PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION (Click) BRIEF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION, TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION Strive for effective
teaching of what students should learn and how to learn it to achieve written communication
and cross-cultural understanding.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND ·
Ph.D. in English and Applied Linguistics/TESOL,
Ball State University, Muncie, IN Dissertation: The Pragmatics of
Palavering in Kikoongo (1991)
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M.A in English/TESOL, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN; Thesis: Patterns of
Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Metalanguage of Academic Prose
(1987) ·
M.A in Applied Linguistics/TEFL (Teaching of
English as a Foreign Language) University of Reading, Reading, England,
UK; Thesis:
A Contrastive Study of Tense and Aspect in English and Kikongo
(1978) ·
Diploma in English Studies/TEFL, (Teaching
of English as a Foreign Language) Ealing Technical College, West London,
England, UK; Thesis: The Phonology and
Spelling of English: A Problem in the Mastery of the Written Form (1977) ·
B.A. Equivalent: Diploma and License in
Applied Pedagogy, with a Specialization in High School English Education (EFL);
National University of Zaire/I.P.N., Kinshasa, Zaire; Thesis: Errors Made by
French Speaking Students in English as a Foreign Language Students (1975)
INTERPRETATION/TRANSLATION
EXPERIENCE ·
Language Service Associates: Freelance
(2000-Present) French<>English<>Lingala ·
Lifting the Veil: Dr. George Wolfe’s
Music Presentation (translated from English into French) for the
Audience of Conservatoire of Music in Paris, France ·
Palavers/Debates from Kikongo into English
for my 1991 Dissertation “The Pragmatics of Palavering in Kikoongo” ·
Consecutive/Spontaneous translation and
Written Translation in the pair French<>English for African
Accounting Council Kinshasa/Zaire (1979)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: ·
Assistant
Professor of English, Ball State University, Muncie IN; Taught:
Freshman Writing I: Writing Strategies and II: Writing about Literature),
Introduction to Linguistics, English Linguistics, History of English,
English Grammar (1992-Present). ·
Adjunct
Instructor, IVY Tech State College, Muncie and Anderson, IN
(1998-Present): Taught Writing Strategies, and Exposition and Persuasion. ·
Visiting
Professor of French, Department of Modern Languages and
Classics, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; Taught: Beginning,
Intermediate French, Conversation (100-400) (1992-95). ·
Teaching
Assistant of Speech Communication, Ball State University;
Evaluated Students’ Speeches, Muncie, IN (1988-89). ·
Instructor
of English as a Foreign Language, British English Language
Center: Kinshasa, Zaire. Taught English as Foreign Language (1981-85). ·
Instructor
of English at Saint Kaggwa Seminary, Kinshasa, Zaire
(1981-83). ·
Instructor
of English, English Language School and Secretariat,
Kinshasa, Zaire. (1978-81) ·
Instructor
of E.F.L,. Bolingani High School, Kinshasa, Zaire (1978-81) ·
Instructor
of English and Teacher Trainer, National University of
Zaire/IPN College (National Pedagogical Institute), Kinshasa, Zaire,
Taught: Conversation and Practical Phonology, Teaching Internship
(1975-76) ·
Elementary
School Teacher (6th Grade), St. Augustin Elementary School,
Lemba Nord, Kinshasa, Congo, Teaching in French (1969-70) ·
Elementary
School Teacher (3rd Grade), Catholic Institut St. Benilde,
Tumba, Lukala, Bas-Congo, Congo Teaching in French (1968-69) AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Applied Linguistics,
Composition, TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Structure of English, English Language Teacher Training, English Grammar,
Phonology, Second Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, Tense and Aspect,
Language and Culture; French Language and Grammar FELLOWSHIPS ·
British Council Scholarship Award, London
and Reading, England (1976-78) · Fulbright Scholarship Award, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (1985-88) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE ·
Assistant Chairperson for Research, English,
Department, IPN, (1984-85); ·
Acting Chairperson of English Department for
6 months (IPN –Teachers Training College), Kinshasa I, Zaire. (1983); · Assistant Chairperson for Teaching, IPN, Kinshasa, Zaire (1981-1982) PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Publications
·
"Kikongo." A Chapter in Jane Garry
and Carl Rubino, Eds. Encyclopedia of the World’s Major Languages,
Past and Present. New York: H.W. Wilson Press. Forthcoming. ·
“Ba Ngudi Mosi (Of the Same Womb)” A
poem in free verse The Muncie Times, June 5, 1997. P. 31 ·
"The palaver: A System of Conflict
Management" in Pan-Africanism and Cross-cultural Understanding: A
Reader. Edited by François N Muyumba and Esther Atcherson. Ginn
Press. (1993) ·
"The TEFL Situation in Zairian
Educational Policy, in TESOLIN' Fall Issue, Vol. 7, No.3, Oct.. (1988) Conference
Presentations ·
Feelings About, In and Out of Africa: a
Re-creation: Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRAS).
Kentucky State University, Frankfort. ·
"Integrating `Learning to Write and
Writing to Learn' in the Syllabus," Teaching and Learning Conference
III. Ball State University.
Muncie, IN. (March 2000) ·
"Designing a Practical Syllabus for a
Freshman Writing Course." Indiana Teachers of Writing Fall
Conference, Indianapolis, IN (1999)
·
"Others' Voices: The Case of Dialogue
Insertion." A presentation on the Method of Teaching Writing to
College Freshmen, Indiana Teachers of Writing Fall Conference,
Indianapolis, IN Africa: (1997) ·
"A View from Koongo Sayings."
Eleventh Annual Pan-African Studies Conference, Terre Haute, IN
(1993) ·
"Introducing the System of Conflict
Management in Africa: the Case of the Bakongo of Zaïre," Ninth
Annual Pan-African Conference, Terre Haute, IN (1992) ·
"Exploiting History to Teach "Wh-"
Direct and Indirect Questions," ELEVENTH ANNUAL INTESOL Conference,
Bloomington, IN (1989) ·
"Patterns of Tense Aspect and Modality
in Academic English Prose," Ball State University (1988) · "Integrating Skills and Goals in TEFL: The Case of Zaire Secondary School English Curriculum." Ninth Annual INTESOL Fall Conference, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN (1987) LANGUAGES:
¨
English
(language of specialization); ¨
French
(Proficient, with near native competence; language of education throughout
¨
Elementary and High School; and general education courses in
College at the National ¨
Teachers Training College (IPN), National University of Zaire,
Kinshasa, Zaire ¨
Lingala
(Bantu lingua franca, fluent) and ¨ Kikongo (Native Bantu language)
ACADEMIC COMMITTEES
and SERVICES: ·
Ball State §
Writing Program Textbook Evaluation
Committee §
Contract Faculty Steering Committee; §
Contract Faculty Scholarship and Merit
Committee, §
Freshmen Connection 2001 Planning §
Freshmen Connection 2001 Learning Team
Leader §
English Department Teaching Circle Leader ·
Minnetrista Cultural Center: Committee for
African American Culture; · National University of Zaire/IPN: Committee for the Reorganization of English Department PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ·
Indiana Teachers of Writing · Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development COMMUNITY SERVICE: Church
deacon and Elder, Hazelwood Christian Church, Muncie, Indiana LETTERS of REFERENCE: By Request—See addresses on the letter of application APPENDIX:
Extract
of Transcripts Courses
I took in college, graduate and postgraduate education I. Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from
1. IPN (197-75)—License in Applied
Pedagogy—EFL (English as a Foreign Language)
National University of Zaire/Kinshasa/Zaire
1) Bantu Linguistics
2) English Phonology and Pronunciation
3) English Morphology
4) English Syntax
5) English Grammar and Usage
6) Historical Grammar
7) Applied Linguistics
2. EALING TECHNICAL COLLEGE (1976-77)--Diploma
in English Studies
West Ealing/London,England/.UK
1) English Syntax
2) Phonetics
3) Contemporary Written English (English Styles)
4) English Language Teaching Methods
3. READING UNIVERSITY (1977-78) –MA
in Applied Linguistics--Philology)
Reading/England/UK
1) General Linguistics (Professor Frank Palmer)
2) Applied Linguistics (Professor David Wilkins)
3) Morphology
4) Psycholinguistics (Professor Paul Fletcher)
5) Sociolinguistics
(Professor Peter Trudgill)
6) Phonetics (Professor
Peter Roach)
7) Structure of English (Professor David Crystal)
8) Second Language Acquisition (Arthur Hughes)
9) Grammar (Professor Irene Warburton)
4. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY (1985-91)--MA & Ph.D.
Muncie, Indiana/USA 1)
Dialectology
(Dr. Lawrence Davis) 2)
English
Language Teaching Methods (Dr. Christopher Ely) 3)
Grammatical
Theory (Dr. Elizabeth Riddle) 4)
History
of the English Language Dr. Merle Fifield) 5)
Historical
Linguistics (Dr. Herbert
Stahlke) 6)
Language
and Culture (Dr. Charles
Houck) 7)
Phonological
Theory (Dr. Herbert Stahlke) 8)
Pragmatics
(Dr. Elizabeth Riddle) 9)
Psychology
of Second Language Learning (Dr. Christopher Ely)
II
Teacher Training: A.
Ball State Teacher's College: 1)
EDCUR
500 Curriculum Development 2)
EDGEN
550 Educational Media Technology; 3)
EDSUP
550 Supervision of Instruction; 4)
EDSUP
570 Evaluation of Educational Programs; 5)
ADLT
LEARNER 534 Adult Learner 6)
ENG
536 THRY ENG FL (Theories in English as a Foreign Language); 7)
ENG
537 METH ENG FL (Methods
in English as a Foreign Language) B.
IPN/University of Zaire, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo : 1)
Principles of School and Professional Orientation; 2)
Infant and Adolescent Psychology; 3)
Psycho-pathology; 4)
Comparative Education; 5)
Experimental Pedagogy; 6)
History of Pedagogy; 7)
Education Management Principles 8)
Teaching Probation (Internship & Practice: 1-)
High School--11th-12th Grades; 2-)
Middle School--9th-10th Grades + 2 years' experience; 3-)
Primary School--Done during 11th and 12th Grades + 2 years' experience); 4-)
English Language Teaching Methodology for 4 years III.
Study of British, American and World Literature A. Ball State University:
1)
ENG 597 MOD CONT NOV (Modern Contemporary Novel), 2)
ENG 594 Classical Rhetoric, 3)
ENG 541 EMRSON TH WH (Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman) B.
UNAZA/IPN (National University of Zaire/IPN College): 1)
British and American Literature (Referred
to as Anglo-American Literature)--for 5 years (1970-75) 2)
Modern African Literature written English--for 5 years and
(1970-75) 3)
African and Caribbean Literature written in French) IV. General courses in French:
IPN/University of Zaire, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: 1)
Comparative Bantu Linguistics 2)
French African literature 3)
African Cultures and Civilizations 4)
African Anthropology and Sociology 5)
Logic (Philosophy) 6)
History of Pedagogy
V. Study of the FRENCH
Language (in French as Official Language Environment): In
K1-12, 5 hours of French /week (1956-1968) NOTE:
All subjects were taught in French. So
were general undergraduate courses. |