Meshesha Make Jobo
PhD Candidate of English Language at University of South Africa A.3 Language and Linguistics    English Language Language and Linguistics English Language Learning and Teaching Language Acquisition and Education Second Language Learning and Teaching EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Second-language acquisition Cultural and Social Studies Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis Outcome-based education Sociology of language Sociology of culture Cultural and Educational Studies Linguistics and Language Analysis Anthropology Cultural Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology Education Information Systems Literature and Literary Theory

Bio

Meshesha Make Jobo is an Assistant Professor of English Language and Indigenous Studies at Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia. He is also a PhD Candidate in English Language at the University of South Africa. His research focuses on the functional analysis of Wolaita proverbs, instructional strategies in large class settings, and common grammatical errors in student writing. He has published several papers in these areas and serves as a reviewer for the Global Journal of Human-Social Science (GJHSS).

Experience

Assistant Professor of English Language and Indigenous Studies

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Research

The Economic Implications of Wolaita Proverbs: Functional Analysis

Article March 11, 2014

The purpose of this study was to collect and analyze some selected Wolaita proverbs for their implications of Wolaita's economic realm of life. The subjects used for the current study were 100 theme-relevant proverbs collected by interviewing systematically selected 24 elders and through conducting participant-based observation being part of social interactions taking place in different villages. The descriptive research design was used to conduct this study using the qualitative method of data analysis. The result indicated that Wolaita proverbs embody Wolaita's economic realm of life such as scarcity of resources and how Wolaitas manage it, unwise and wise use of resources, sources of wealth and economic inequality among people. Based on these findings, therefore, deep and series studies that promote the frequent use of Wolaita proverbs reflecting Wolaita's economic realm of life in all adequate contexts of interaction, awareness enhancement training for young generations of Wolaita for effective use of those proverbs in the proper interactional situations, making proverbs as part of language curriculum in all levels of education and maintenance of Wolaita proverbs as vehicles of transferring indigenous wisdom to the next generation are recommended to be implemented by the all concerned bodies across the nation.