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- ItemThe Psychosocial Dimension of Language as a Factor of Ethnicity Unification in Nigeria(2002) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemInfluence of Students' Sex-Role Perception on Their Performance in Literature in English(2003) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemVisual Literacy and the Use of Advance Organizer in Reading Comprehension Lessons(2005) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemA Survey of the Reading Culture Of Undergraduates in Some Nigerian Universities(2006) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemDiscourse Acts in Antenatal Clinic Literacy Classroom in South-Western Nigeria(LinguistikOnline, 2007) Unuabonah, FolukeThis study examines the organization of discourse in antenatal classrooms in south-western Nigeria. Antenatal literacy classrooms are classes organized in hospitals and health centres for pregnant women to intimate them with the necessary health information needed in pregnancy. The data for this study were randomly selected from series of data recorded during some antenatal classes in some selected hospitals in Ile-Ife and its environs, all in south-western Nigeria. The data consist of tape recordings of the classroom sessions and observational notes. The study reveals that three categories of discourse act were most prominent in the data – informative, elicitation and directive. This shows that the antenatal educators were more active in the classes than the students. They maximized the use of their power in discourse, which gives them the [+ HIGHER] role. They therefore had the privilege to talk while the mothers listened. This places the pregnant women at the disadvantage of being passive learners, who cannot see the knowledge being passed across beyond the context of the class. Despite that they have access to information, they are not adequately empowered to influence the society with what they are being exposed to. Their perception of their role in the discourse was that of listeners. The findings have significant implications for health literacy programmes in Nigeria. It clearly shows that health literacy programmes, as we have observed in antenatal classrooms exist only as an aspect of functional health literacy – the aspect that recognizes that pregnant women need to know about their health by listening to experts. This makes the practice, as it is essentially transactional. The study concludes that for antenatal classrooms to achieve their goal of health security of pregnant women and their foetus, they have to be more interactive. There must be a departure from the lecture method used now to a method that actually involves the mothers.
- ItemThe Interface between Undergraduates' Reading Culture and Internet Browsing in Nigeria: which way out?(2008) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemLexical Cohesive Devices in Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus(Ife Studies in English Language, 2008) Unuabonah, Foluke
- ItemEthnography of Communication in Doctor-pregnant Woman Conversations in Selected Hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria(Papers in Language and Linguistics, 2008) Unuabonah, FolukeThis paper analyses the conversations of doctor-pregnant woman interactions from the perspective of ethnography of communication. The data were collected from randomly selected consultations between doctors and pregnant women from a state-owned and private-owned hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria. The selection of the hospitals was based on a stratified sampling method of the hospitals in Ibadan. The conversations were tape recorded and transcribed. The analyses reveal that the ends of conversations between doctors and pregnant women include the need to safeguard the health of the mother and fetus, ensure a safe delivery, prescribe drugs and reassure the pregnant women about certain abnormalities they experience during the period. The analyses also reveal that doctors control the discourse by asking more questions than the pregnant women and that the typical act sequence of doctor-pregnant woman conversation follows the structure of greetings, diagnosis, inquiry, complaints, clarification, follow-up and treatment. The analysis of the doctor-pregnant woman conversational interaction from the perspective of ethnography of communication reveals how the interactants make sense of the conversations.
- ItemEnglish Word Classes(2009) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemSpoken English(2009) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemThe Essence of Good Handwriting(2009) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemAspects of Non-Verbal Communication in Adichie's Purple Hibiscus(Ibadan Journal of English Studies, 2009) Unuabonah, Foluke
- ItemLanguages in Decline: The Example of Yoruba(2009) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemIllocutionary Acts in Doctor-pregnant Woman (DPW) Conversations in Selected Hospitals in Ibadan(Lagos Papers in English Studies, 2010) Unuabonah, Foluke
- ItemCitation Analysis of Bachelor's Degree Projects: Implication for Teaching Research Methodology(2010) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemPoliteness Phenomenon in Abiku Names among the Yoruba Africans: A Pragmatic Study(Cross-cultural Communication, 2011) Odebode, IdowuThis study attempts a pragmatic study of Abiku names from the face act theory’s perspective. The thrust of the work is to establish that certain politeness acts are either violated or obeyed in the Yoruba naming systems of Abiku children; thereby proving the economy of words in names and that more is communicated than said within the little strands of letters. Ten Abiku names are selected and analyzed using the pragmatic principle of face act. The study indicates that names, (in particular, Abiku names) in the traditional African Yoruba setting, transcend ordinary labeling to historicize, socialize, spiritualize and influence people psychologically.
- ItemContextual Beliefs in Doctor-pregnant Woman (DPW) Conversational Interactions in Selected Hospitals in Ibadan(Oye: Journal of Arts, 2011) Unuabonah, Foluke
- ItemA Socio-Semantic Study of Selected Nicknames Used by Yoruba Brides for In-Laws(2012) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemInvestigating ESL Learners' Socioeconomic Environment on Their Writing Competence in Lagos, Nigeria: Implications for Pedagogy(2012) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara
- ItemAn Intertextual Analysis of Selected Mobile Telecommunication Advertisements on Nigerian TV(2012) Adebileje, Adebola Omolara