Expert Contact
charlene.wilkinson@uog.edu.gy 592-625-8834 592-691-7938
For additional information contact the Business Development Manager, Office of Strategic Initiatives
Phone: +592-623-0359 OR Email: businessdevelopment@uog.edu.gy
Ms. Charlene Wilkinson
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Lecturer II
- Department of Language and Cultural Studies
- Turkeyen Campus
About Ms. Charlene Wilkinson
Charlene Wilkinson
The Guyanese Languages Unit
Department of Language and Cultural Studies Faculty of Education and Humanities
University of Guyana
Turkeyen Campus
Telephone: 592- 222-5501 (o) 625-8834 (m) 218-1435 (h)
email: charlene.wilkinson@uog.edu.gy
PROFESSIONAL / ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
2007 – present University of Guyana, , Dept. of Language & Cultural Studies, FEH—Lecturer II
2007 – 2008 Media Services Unit, Ministry of Education, Jamaica—Language and Literacy Consultant, Writer
2001 – 2003 Sam Sharpe Teachers College, St James, Jamaica—Diploma in Education
1997 – 2000: University of the West Indies Press—Copy Editor and Proofreader
1995 – 1996: Caribbean Examinations Council—Assistant Examiner, English A
1990 – 1993: New York University—Post-graduate student in Educational Theatre, Graduate Research Assistant and English Instructor
1987 – 1988: The Catholic Standard, Georgetown Guyana—Journalist
1985 – 1986: Visiting Professor, Univ. of the Virgin Islands—English Skills, Introduction to Theatre
1983 – 1985: University of Guyana—Lecturer, Use of English; Caribbean Examinations Council—Assistant Examiner, English A
1981 – 1983: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada—M. A. (English)
1977 – 1981: John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio, USA—B. A. (English)
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
2017 to present: Coordinator, Guyanese Languages Unit
2011 – 2012: Chairperson: University of Guyana Entrance Examination Committee
2011 – 2013: Co-Chairperson: African Studies Research Group, Department of Language and Cultural Studies
OTHER UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
Sept 2016—present: Faculty Representative to the University Senior Staff Association
PUBLICATIONS
REFEREED ARTICLES
October 2015: In Caribbean Journal of Education—‘Teachers' Language Attitudes in Guyana: Preliminary inquiries in the primary schools’.
October 2013: In Gafoor, Ameena. ed. 2013. The Arts Journal, Volume 8—'Towards a Retrospective on Language and Power'.
April, 2011: In Faraclas, N., R. Severing, C. Weijer, E. Echteld, and M. Hinds-Layne. eds. 2011. Anansi’s Defiant Webs: Contact, continuity, convergence and complexity in the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Greater Caribbean Willemstad: University of Curaçao and Fundashon paplanifikashon di Idioma. 123-130—‘Meditation on a student’s journal page’.
January, 2011: In the UWI Quality Education Forum: 53-73—‘Against the grain: A window to curriculum reform in language education at the tertiary level’
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
January 2015: Insight, Volume 2, Edition 3: 18 – 19—‘Literacy Education and Creole-speaking Children’
December 2014: Newsletter of the International Centre for Caribbean Language Research (ICCLR), Vol 1.5 —'Guyanese Petition for Democracy’
December 2000: Jamaica Observer Literary Magazine—Short Story, ‘Why Anancy lives in the ceiling and dark places of people’s homes’
PAPERS READ AT CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
November 2018: "Writing in Crisis? Or Golden Opportunity?" Staff Seminar, Faculty of Education & Humanities, UG
February 2018: ‘Nat wan bleed a graas; nat wan word go laas”: Presentation at International Mother Language Day Observances,
June 2016: ‘Elite Closure, Classroom Politics and the State of the Nation: Teaching Reading and Wri
Language Policy and Language Rights issues in Creole language situations
Teaching and Research in linguistic situations of conquest diglossia: Language attitudes, pedagogy
Teaching academic writing to English language learners in multilingual / Creole speaking societies
Innovations for inclusive education
| Qualification | Specialization | Institution | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diploma in Teaching | Secondary Education (English) Adv Pl. | Sam Sharpe Teachers' College | 2003 | |
| B.A. | English | John Carroll University | United States | 1981 |
| M.A. | English | University of Windsor | Canada | 1983 |
| Course Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| LIG1104 | Action Research and Reflective Practice in Dual Language/Multilingual Teaching and Learning |
| LIG1109 | Describing Caribbean Vernacular Language Features for the Dual Language/ Multilingual Classroom |
| LIG1107 | Dual Language/Multilingual Teaching and Learning Materials |
| GCR1101 | Exploring Guyanese Creole |
| LIG1103 | Exploring the Dual Language/Multilingual Components of The Curriculum |
| ENG1105 | Introduction to the Use of English |
| LIG1102 | Language Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices in the Dual Language /Multilingual Classroom |
| ENG1203 | Technical Communication |
| LIG1108 | The Grammar of English: An Extrapolatory Approach |
| LIG1106 | The Theory and Practice of Reading and Writing in the Dual Language/Multilingual Classroom |
| LIG1105 | The Theory and Practice of Speaking and Listening in the Dual Language/Multilingual Classroom |
| ENG1205 | Use of English |
| LIG1110 | Vernacular Subject Matter Terminology in the Dual Language/Multilingual Classroom |
| Title | Year Completed | Research Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher attitudes to Language in Guyana | 2008 | Individual | Work in progress |
| Attitudes to Language in Guyana | 2009 | Individual | Work in progress |
| 2009 | Collaborative | Completed | |
| The So-called aEUR~CrisisaEUR(TM) in Language Education and the Role of the University: A Programme Proposal for Language Teaching. | 2009 | Individual | Completed |
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