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 Faculty of Humamities, 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 General Linguistics courses and Applied Linguistics (First language acquisition, second language learning and teaching and speech disorders). I also teach Setswana as a foreign and second language).
- General linguistics courses (phonetics, phonology, morphology & semantics)
- Applied linguistics (Psycholinguistics, mainly language acquisition, language learning & pedagogy);
- 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 disorders and intellectual disabilities and assessment
- 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.
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. Attitudes of University of Botswana’Undergraduate Students Towards Minority Languages in Botswana. SALAS 35 (3). 245 – 257
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: Interdisciplinary Themes & Perspectives. Cape Town: CASAS 122