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Welcome to the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature

Historical Background

What is now the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature (DFLL) came into existence in 1950 as a two-man Department of English when the University College of Addis Ababa was opened. It was situated at Arat Kilo within the Faculty of Arts, which together with the Faculty of Science constituted the University College. In 1961, the Department of English, still under the Faculty of Arts, was brought into the Haile Sellasie I University, Sidist Kilo Campus. It was during this time that the Department of English began to think in terms of a thorough revision of the University language teaching syllabus and a modification of the policies of the recruitment of teachers. The Institute of Language Studies (ILS) of Addis Ababa University was established in 1978. A year later, in 1979, the DFLL started offering courses in as many as five foreign languages - Arabic, French, German, Italian, and Russian.

At present, there are 8 foreign languages offered in the department: English, French, Arabic, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese. Apart from the major programmes in English Language and Literature, and French Language and Communication, three of the languages (Arabic, German, and Italian) are taught as minor fields of study; the rest are offered as non-credit courses to interested students and staff of the University. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literature currently runs undergraduate programmes in Foreign Languages and Literature (English) and French Language and Communication; Master’s degree programmes in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and in Literature in English; and PhD in four fields of study: TEFL, Literature, Applied Linguistics and Development, and Applied Linguistics and Communication.

Facilities

[Top]The Department has four modern language laboratories. The Spoken English Laboratory has a capacity of accommodating 40 students at a time. The French Language Laboratory, a multimedia lab, holds 20 students at a time. The Graduate Language Laboratory with a holding capacity of 20 students at a time is a semi-computerized laboratory. The recently set up English Language Improvement Centre has a language laboratory for up to 20 students at a time. There is also one internet lab for all students in the graduate programme.

Academic Programmes:

Undergraduate (Bachelor of Arts)

Graduate (MA)

PhD

Undergraduate (Bachelor of Arts)

A) Undergraduate Programme in Foreign Languages and Literature (English)

B) Undergraduate Programme in French Language and Communication (French)

C) Undergraduate Programme in Arabic Language and Communication (Arabic) – as of the 2008/2009 Academic Year

Postgraduate Programmes (MA)

A) MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

B) MA in Literature

PhD Programmes

A) PhD in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

B) PhD in Literature

C) PhD in Applied Linguistics and Development

D) PhD in Applied Linguistics and Communication

Teaching Staff

Abebe G/Tsadik (PhD)

Afework Berhane (MA)

Alemu Hailu (PhD)

Amanuel Gebru (MA) Assistant Professor

Anemaw Anteneh (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Anteneh Girma (MA)

Anteneh Tsegaye (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Assefa Zeru (PhD)

Balew Bogale (BA)

Berhanu Bogale (PhD)

Berhanu Matthews (PhD)

Bereket Assefa (BA)

Binyam Yakob (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Caroline MRAZ (MA)

Emilie Duval (MA)

Emwedish Jemal (BA)

Geremew Lemu (PhD)

Gessesse Tadesse (PhD)

Getachew Dinku (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Getenet Tizazu (PhD)

Getahun Amogne (MA)

Hailom Banteyirga (PhD)

Jana Zehle (PhD)

Jorge Garcia Fernandes (MA)

Italo Berisso (PhD)

Kedir Assefa (MA) Assitant Professor

Kenenissa Beressa (MA)

Lucie Kemystetter (MA)

Luladey Tadesse (BA)

Maria Jesus Garcia (MA)

Melaku Wakuma (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Mohammed Side (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Myriam Mamo (BA)

Mekonnen Lema (MA)

Melakneh Mengistu (PhD)

Mendida Berkessa (PhD)

Meseret Abeje (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Negeri Lencho(MA) (PhD Candidate)

Nuru Mohammed (PhD)

Gabriella Minerva Munzi (PhD)

Olga Yazbek (MA) (PhD Candidate) Assitant Professor

Sibkete Ermias(BA)

Seime Kebede (PhD)

Solomon Bekele (MA)

Subba Rao (PhD)

Surafel Wondimu (BA)

Taye Regassa (PhD)

Teferi Getahun (MA) (Home base)

Tesfaye Haile (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Teshome Demisse (PhD)

Tibebe Alemayehu (MA) Associate Professor

Tsion Issayas (BA)

Woldu Michael (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Worede Yishake (MA)

Yenew Berhan (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Yeshi G/Medhin (MA) (PhD Candidate)

Yimer Kifle (PhD)

Technical/ Support Staff:

Adugna Negash

Ergibe Gebru

Kefyalew Tollosa

Tidenek Egeta

Tihtina Wubneh