Seline Okeno

Teaching Fellow (English and Swahili)

Biography

Background

Seline holds a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University. She has experience in curriculum development and teaching Swahili and English at various proficiency levels to varied audiences both online and in-person. Previous teaching roles include K-12 postings in Nairobi, Arusha, and Dodoma and higher education postings in Evanston, IL and Athens, OH. Seline is currently engaged at The University of Edinburgh as Teaching Fellow (English and Swahili).

 

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Educations Arts with IT, English Language and Literature,  Maseno University, Kenya
  • Master of Arts, Applied Linguistics, Ohio University, Athens OH

Responsibilities & affiliations

  • Course Organiser for Swahili credit programme
  • Course Coordinator for Swahili lifelong learning programme
  • Teacher, General English for New Scots
  • Teacher, English for South Korea's Gyeonggi Youth Ladder summer programme
  • Member of CHAUKIDU (Chama cha Ukuzaji wa Kiswahili Duniani)

Undergraduate teaching

General English Lifelong courses to new Scots

English to South Korea's Gyeonggi summer programme

Introduction to Swahili Language and Cultures 

Swahili Lifelong Learning courses

 

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

No

Conference details

The African Languages Teachers Association (ALTA) 2025

Organiser

The African Languages Teachers Association

Participant

Asmaha Heddi (The University of Kansas)

Seline Okeno (The University of Edinburgh)

Papers delivered

"Swahili for Dummies": Suluhisho kwa wanaojifunza Kiswahili kama Lugha ya Pili au Lugha ya Kigeni.

Okeno A. & Heddi A. (2024). Swahili for Dummies. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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