Staff Profiles

Dr Boikanyego Sebina

Dr Boikanyego Sebina, Department of English, University of Botswana.

Faculty of Humanities

English

Lecturer

Location: 253/103
Phone: 3555462
Email Dr Boikanyego Sebina

PhD in English Language and Applied Linguistics, University of Reading, UK.

MA English Language and Linguistics, University of Botswana

Post Graduate Diploma in Education (English & Theology), University of Botswana

BA Humanities (English & Theology), University of Botswana.

Dr Boikanyego Sebina is a lecturer of English language and linguistics at the University of Botswana, with years of teaching experience at secondary and tertiary level. She has published peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings and reviewed journal articles on issues in linguistics. Dr Sebina’s research interest is in the area of Phonetics and Phonology, Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Bilingualism, and  Language Acquisition.

Dr Sebina holds a PhD in English Language and Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading, England, MA in English Language and Linguistics from the University of Botswana. She is the coordinator of the Student Assessment of Staff committee as well as a member of the Research sub-committee of the English department.

PHONETICS

PHONOLOGY

MORPHOLOGY

APPLIED LINGUISTICS

COMMUNICATION AND STUDY SKILLS

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

RESEARCH METHODS

PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

MORPHOLOGY

APPLIED LINGUISTICS

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

BILINGUALISM

 

PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY

MORPHOLOGY

APPLIED LINGUISTICS

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

BILINGUALISM

Sebina, B. & Ashby, M. (2020). Brian Willan, Sol Plaatje: A life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, 1876-1932. Auckland Park [Johannesburg]: Jacana, 2018. Journal of the International Phonetic Association. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025100319000215.

Sebina, B. & Arua, A.E. (2014). From perception and knowledge to classroom practice: teaching listening comprehension in junior schools in Botswana. International Journal of Listening, 28, 1-18. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10904018.2014.928212

Sebina, B. (2014). First language attrition in the native environment. Journal of Language studies working papers, 6, 53-60. Available at: http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/files/english-language/elal_5_Sebina.pdf

Sebina, B. Setter, J. & Wright, C. (2019). The penultimate syllable vowel length among Setswana-English bilingual children. In:Calhoun, S.,Escudero, P.,Tabain, M. & Warren, P.(eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.

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