Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Linguistics (Language Acquisition): Memorial University, Canada
Master of Arts (MA) in Linguistics: California State University, Northridge, USA
Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE): University of Botswana
B.A Humanities: University of Botswana
I am a lecturer of Language & Linguistics in the School of Languages, Linguistics & LIterary Studies in the Faculty of Humanities, Education & Social Sciences at the University of Botswana. I obtained my BA degree in Humanities from the University of Botswana and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) from the same University. I have a Master's degree in Linguistics from California State University, Northridge, USA, and a PhD from Memorial University, Canada. I specialize in teaching Theoretical Linguistics courses (mainly Bantu & English), and Applied Linguistics (First language acquisition, including speech delays and disorders, second language learning and pedagody, mainly Setswana as a foreign and second language.
- Theoretical linguistics courses (phonetics, phonology, morphology (and their interfaces) & semantics)
- Applied linguistics (Psycholinguistics, mainly language acquisition, language learning & pedagogy; neurodiversity);
- Language proficiency (Setswana as a 2nd and foreign language)
- Articulatory phonetics (the physiology of human speech sounds, how they are produced in the vocal tract)
- Phonology (how speech sounds categorically pattern in a language & the mind)
- Language acquisition & disorders in children (how children come to acquire their competence in their first language through storing, retrieving & organizing the sound systems of their language(s); ]
- Speech-language delay and disorders
- Neurodiversity (intellectual disabilities (dyslexia
- Phonetics & Phonology,
- Speech Phonetics
- Language acquisition
- Speech-language disorders
Matlhaku, K., & Rose, Y. (2026). Phonetic Factors Affecting the Early Acquisition of Fricative and Affricate Consonants in Setswana. First Language, https://doi.org/10.1177/01427237251404297
Matlhaku, Keneilwe 2020. Setswana Nasal Consonant Sequences, In: S. Abdelhady, A Cucinelli & T. Fatema (eds). Memorial University Occasional Papers in Linguistics 3: 1-20. Memorial University, Canada. doi: https://www.mun.ca/linguistics/more/mlwpl/5_Matlhaku_MUNOPL_v3.pdf
Matlhaku, Keneilwe and Batibo, H. M. 2017. The nature and origin of acronyms in Kiswahili and Setswana. JULACE: 2(2)
Letsholo, R. & Matlhaku, Keneilwe. 2017. Letsholo, R., & Matlhaku, K. (2017). Attitudes of University of Botswana Faculty of Humanities students towards minority languages. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 35(3), 245–257. https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2017.1373367
Matlhaku Keneilwe. (2016). Phonological & Sociolinguistic factors in Setswana loanwords, In: Monwabisi Ralarala, Ken Barris, Eunice Ivala & Sibawu Siyepi (eds), African Languages & Language Practice Research in the 21st Century, CASAS