Biography of professor aliyu kamal khan
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Professor Aliyu Kamal is a highly accomplished academic with expertise in English language teaching, particularly in the areas of writing and reading. He has held various positions throughout his career, starting as a graduate assistant and progressing to become a professor. He has taught a wide range of courses at different levels, including reading skills, writing skills, advanced reading and writing, introduction to language, grammar, syntax, creative writing, sociolinguistics, semantics, psycholinguistics, and English language teaching methods.
In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Professor Kamal has actively contributed to research and publication. He has authored several journal articles on topics such as extensive reading in English as a second language, genre analysis of seminar presentations, the use of computers in teaching writing skills, and the linguistic analysis of undergraduate writing. He has also written books on language and linguistics, including a primer for reading and writing skills and a book on language for academic purposes.
Throughout his career, Professor Kamal has taken on various administrative roles, including serving as an editor for academic journals and managing editor for a literary workshop. He has also been actively involved in departmental, faculty, and university-level committees, contributing to syllabus review, accreditation processes, and the integration of information and communication technology in English language teaching.
Overall, Professor Aliyu Kamal has made significant contributions to the field of English language teaching through his teaching, research, and administrative roles. His expertise and dedication have made him a respected figure in academia.
Address: c/o Department of English and literary Studies Bayero University Kano
In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Professor Kamal has actively contributed to research and publication. He has authored several journal articles on topics such as extensive reading in English as a second language, genre analysis of seminar presentations, the use of computers in teaching writing skills, and the linguistic analysis of undergraduate writing. He has also written books on language and linguistics, including a primer for reading and writing skills and a book on language for academic purposes.
Throughout his career, Professor Kamal has taken on various administrative roles, including serving as an editor for academic journals and managing editor for a literary workshop. He has also been actively involved in departmental, faculty, and university-level committees, contributing to syllabus review, accreditation processes, and the integration of information and communication technology in English language teaching.
Overall, Professor Aliyu Kamal has made significant contributions to the field of English language teaching through his teaching, research, and administrative roles. His expertise and dedication have made him a respected figure in academia.
Address: c/o Department of English and literary Studies Bayero University Kano
WEST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE, AND CRITICISM, 2003
AS SECOND LANGUAUGE learners of English senior primary school pupils are most likely to suffer fr... more AS SECOND LANGUAUGE learners of English senior primary school pupils are most likely to suffer from the same problems of reading that inhibit the efforts that their senior at the university level put to comprehend the reading text. this paper is an attempt to determinewhat these problems are, it will likeweise provide a through analysis i nthe hope that the effort will lead to workable solutions to the problem of reading at the senir primary school level , forty-four primary school teachers of Englsih. who attended a one-week workshop onthe improvement of teaching provided the data support the cliams raised in the paper
The West African Journal of language, Literature & Criticism, 1999
Extensive Reading in English as a second Language: this paper is an examination of the effects of... more Extensive Reading in English as a second Language: this paper is an examination of the effects of the reading process in the writing of university students of English as a Second labguage (ESL). it was conducted to find out whether students control of Enlgish imporves from reading has been judged "mature" (Johnson:1979:11) as it enhances competence
Kano Studies A Journal of Savanna & Sudanic Research, 2000
it could be argued that cutting corners, or looking for and easy wayout, is a stategy that certia... more it could be argued that cutting corners, or looking for and easy wayout, is a stategy that certian Nigerian university students adopt to get their academic reading quickly over and done in order to satisfy the requirement for the award of degrees of their choice. what delibration there is accompanying that resolution may not be germane to the wishes foremost at the forefront of the minds of such students. final year onces especially that of graduating with any of the paper classes that some students made for a course of mine lacked rigour, as the selections made appeared not to have been tempered by the conscientious delibration according with my aim and theirs that of their making sense of the course abnd of earning excellent marks in it.
KAKAI JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES, 2000
Students are either skilled or unskilled writers. Among the latter group, members of which are wo... more Students are either skilled or unskilled writers. Among the latter group, members of which are working with the aim of joining the former group, thereare number of obstacles for them to overcome before they attain a charge of status. this paper, due to limitations of space, cannot discuss all these problems; rather it addresses only one , lack of revision, or the failure to write more thanone draft, because of the inability of undergraduate students of English as a second Language (ESL) to have access to the computer
KAKAKI JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH STUDIES, 2004
CLAIMS ARE MADE THAT SYNTATIC COMPLEXITY, AS shown in the long sentence, is an element of maturit... more CLAIMS ARE MADE THAT SYNTATIC COMPLEXITY, AS shown in the long sentence, is an element of maturity in ESL wiritng. this paper discribes an attempt made at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria to find empirical evicande to support or disprove the claims. interenstingly, the results supported the writer's hypothesis, that the writing of subjects of the researsh will improve betwwen one eassy and another. leading to the conclusion that the long sentence appears to be an index of syntatic maturity.
Journal of General Studies, 2001
Zamel (1983), Sommers (1980, 1982), Squire (1983), Winterwd (1983), Chenoweth (1987), Raimes (198... more Zamel (1983), Sommers (1980, 1982), Squire (1983), Winterwd (1983), Chenoweth (1987), Raimes (1983) and Odell (1983) argue that some student wrtiers hardly revise their essays, and when they do, merely touch on surface features. This paper discuesses the classroom writing activity, and student writers are asked to write more than one draft. Discussion involves a detailed analysis of some of the student essays and the identification of the strategies that they employ in their second drafts, as well as how that affects overall meaning. the paper also discusses the possibility, from the quality of their essays, of students progession from unskilled second language (SL) writers to mature writers of Englis Finall, some sugession are offered on how to improve academic writing.
FAIS JOUNAL OF HUMANITIES, 2000
This Paper Analysis The Writing Styles of The Seminar Papers (SP) delivered by six Master of Art ... more This Paper Analysis The Writing Styles of The Seminar Papers (SP) delivered by six Master of Art student of English at Bayero University, Kano Whereas the analysis conducted by Dubois (1982,1988) is focused on the oral nature of such submissions I experimented further by applying a methology usually chosen to analyse the research article (RA) published in journals of sciences and the humanities. This strategy is not meant to suggest that the papers treated here are suitable ofr publication in ELT journals, but that student writers will henceforth rise to the task and produce "clean copies" worthy of inclusion in such periodicals
FAIS JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES, 2003
IT IS NOT UNUSUAL IN LARGE CLASSESS TO FIND A small number of students who excel all the others i... more IT IS NOT UNUSUAL IN LARGE CLASSESS TO FIND A small number of students who excel all the others in their effort to learn English as a Second Language (ESL) Affective factors, such as the treatment of methodology in abound, but in this paper i will be concerned with the letter option only, as well as the probable causes of the differences in acheivement between the two sexes, as a validation for the argument that high achievers possess an aptitude for a second language (SL) and are thereofore more intelligent than those who earn average scores.
Arts & Humanities Open Access Journal
The paper discusses how reading the Modern Hausa Novel in English, which is multidisciplinary and... more The paper discusses how reading the Modern Hausa Novel in English, which is multidisciplinary and entertaining, will greatly afford the reader the opportunity to contribute towards achieving positive change in Nigeria. The preoccupations of Hausa characters in the Hausa Novel are bound to religious precepts and founded on communalism both of which affect the relations holding between them. The English language, as a vehicle of literary expression, offers a great deal of stylistic devices to the Hausa Novel, as shown in the analysis of twelve novels written over an eleven-year period.
... Intensive Reading in English as a Second Language 120 Golding, Henry James, James Joyce, Erns... more ... Intensive Reading in English as a Second Language 120 Golding, Henry James, James Joyce, Ernst Hemingway and DH Lawrence, with Conrad (The Secret Sharer ... Abrahams 10/1 Austen Achebe 59/1 A Bronte Alkali 10/1 E Bronte Amadi 5/7 Conrad Ba 3/3 Dickens Beti 2/1 ...
WEST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE, AND CRITICISM, 2003
AS SECOND LANGUAUGE learners of English senior primary school pupils are most likely to suffer fr... more AS SECOND LANGUAUGE learners of English senior primary school pupils are most likely to suffer from the same problems of reading that inhibit the efforts that their senior at the university level put to comprehend the reading text. this paper is an attempt to determinewhat these problems are, it will likeweise provide a through analysis i nthe hope that the effort will lead to workable solutions to the problem of reading at the senir primary school level , forty-four primary school teachers of Englsih. who attended a one-week workshop onthe improvement of teaching provided the data support the cliams raised in the paper
The West African Journal of language, Literature & Criticism, 1999
Extensive Reading in English as a second Language: this paper is an examination of the effects of... more Extensive Reading in English as a second Language: this paper is an examination of the effects of the reading process in the writing of university students of English as a Second labguage (ESL). it was conducted to find out whether students control of Enlgish imporves from reading has been judged "mature" (Johnson:1979:11) as it enhances competence
Kano Studies A Journal of Savanna & Sudanic Research, 2000
it could be argued that cutting corners, or looking for and easy wayout, is a stategy that certia... more it could be argued that cutting corners, or looking for and easy wayout, is a stategy that certian Nigerian university students adopt to get their academic reading quickly over and done in order to satisfy the requirement for the award of degrees of their choice. what delibration there is accompanying that resolution may not be germane to the wishes foremost at the forefront of the minds of such students. final year onces especially that of graduating with any of the paper classes that some students made for a course of mine lacked rigour, as the selections made appeared not to have been tempered by the conscientious delibration according with my aim and theirs that of their making sense of the course abnd of earning excellent marks in it.
KAKAI JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES, 2000
Students are either skilled or unskilled writers. Among the latter group, members of which are wo... more Students are either skilled or unskilled writers. Among the latter group, members of which are working with the aim of joining the former group, thereare number of obstacles for them to overcome before they attain a charge of status. this paper, due to limitations of space, cannot discuss all these problems; rather it addresses only one , lack of revision, or the failure to write more thanone draft, because of the inability of undergraduate students of English as a second Language (ESL) to have access to the computer
KAKAKI JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH STUDIES, 2004
CLAIMS ARE MADE THAT SYNTATIC COMPLEXITY, AS shown in the long sentence, is an element of maturit... more CLAIMS ARE MADE THAT SYNTATIC COMPLEXITY, AS shown in the long sentence, is an element of maturity in ESL wiritng. this paper discribes an attempt made at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria to find empirical evicande to support or disprove the claims. interenstingly, the results supported the writer's hypothesis, that the writing of subjects of the researsh will improve betwwen one eassy and another. leading to the conclusion that the long sentence appears to be an index of syntatic maturity.
Journal of General Studies, 2001
Zamel (1983), Sommers (1980, 1982), Squire (1983), Winterwd (1983), Chenoweth (1987), Raimes (198... more Zamel (1983), Sommers (1980, 1982), Squire (1983), Winterwd (1983), Chenoweth (1987), Raimes (1983) and Odell (1983) argue that some student wrtiers hardly revise their essays, and when they do, merely touch on surface features. This paper discuesses the classroom writing activity, and student writers are asked to write more than one draft. Discussion involves a detailed analysis of some of the student essays and the identification of the strategies that they employ in their second drafts, as well as how that affects overall meaning. the paper also discusses the possibility, from the quality of their essays, of students progession from unskilled second language (SL) writers to mature writers of Englis Finall, some sugession are offered on how to improve academic writing.
FAIS JOUNAL OF HUMANITIES, 2000
This Paper Analysis The Writing Styles of The Seminar Papers (SP) delivered by six Master of Art ... more This Paper Analysis The Writing Styles of The Seminar Papers (SP) delivered by six Master of Art student of English at Bayero University, Kano Whereas the analysis conducted by Dubois (1982,1988) is focused on the oral nature of such submissions I experimented further by applying a methology usually chosen to analyse the research article (RA) published in journals of sciences and the humanities. This strategy is not meant to suggest that the papers treated here are suitable ofr publication in ELT journals, but that student writers will henceforth rise to the task and produce "clean copies" worthy of inclusion in such periodicals
FAIS JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES, 2003
IT IS NOT UNUSUAL IN LARGE CLASSESS TO FIND A small number of students who excel all the others i... more IT IS NOT UNUSUAL IN LARGE CLASSESS TO FIND A small number of students who excel all the others in their effort to learn English as a Second Language (ESL) Affective factors, such as the treatment of methodology in abound, but in this paper i will be concerned with the letter option only, as well as the probable causes of the differences in acheivement between the two sexes, as a validation for the argument that high achievers possess an aptitude for a second language (SL) and are thereofore more intelligent than those who earn average scores.
Arts & Humanities Open Access Journal
The paper discusses how reading the Modern Hausa Novel in English, which is multidisciplinary and... more The paper discusses how reading the Modern Hausa Novel in English, which is multidisciplinary and entertaining, will greatly afford the reader the opportunity to contribute towards achieving positive change in Nigeria. The preoccupations of Hausa characters in the Hausa Novel are bound to religious precepts and founded on communalism both of which affect the relations holding between them. The English language, as a vehicle of literary expression, offers a great deal of stylistic devices to the Hausa Novel, as shown in the analysis of twelve novels written over an eleven-year period.
... Intensive Reading in English as a Second Language 120 Golding, Henry James, James Joyce, Erns... more ... Intensive Reading in English as a Second Language 120 Golding, Henry James, James Joyce, Ernst Hemingway and DH Lawrence, with Conrad (The Secret Sharer ... Abrahams 10/1 Austen Achebe 59/1 A Bronte Alkali 10/1 E Bronte Amadi 5/7 Conrad Ba 3/3 Dickens Beti 2/1 ...