Assistant Professor
English Language and Literature
Title: Mr.
Full Name: Dawit Tesfaye Abebe
Nationality: Ethiopian
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor w/o PhD
College/Institute: Social Sciences and Humanities
Department/Team: ELL
Field of Specialization: TEFL/ELT
Research interest:
1. Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) & Digital Literacies
– AI and Language Learning
– Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL)
2. Gender and Sexuality in ELT
3. Pedagogical Innovations and Teacher Education
– Translanguaging
– Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and Project-Based Learning (PBL)
4. Learner Individual Differences and Inclusion
– Differentiation and Personalized Learning
– Special Educational Needs (SEN) in EFL
– Language Learning and Age
Publications:
1) Dawit Tesfaye Abebe and Demis G/Tsadik Deneke (2015). Causes of Students’ Limited
Participation in EFL Classroom: Ethiopian Public Universities in Focus. International Journal of
Educational Research and Technology, Volume 6 [1]: 74-89.
2) Demis Gebretsadik, Haileslasie Beyene and Dawit Tesfaye (2015). An Exploration of Student-
Teachers‟ Views about the Practice of Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching: English Major
Prospective Teachers in Bahir Dar and Haramaya Universities, Ethiopia. International Journal of
Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 192-209.
3) Dawit Tesfaye & Demis G/Tsadik. (2015). Error Analysis in Essays Written by Graduating
Trainees with Reference to Teacher Training Colleges in Oromia Region: A Mixed Approach.
International Journal of Educational Research and Technology. Volume 6 [3] September 2015:
27-40.
4) Daniel Taye, Dawit Tesfaye & Getachew Abeshu (2021).An Exploration of EFL Students
Anxiety in Productive Skills: Selected Ethiopian Universities in Focus…. It has been under peer
review (we sent to international journal last year)
5) Dawit Tesfaye (2023). Improving Freshman Students’ Listening Comprehension Using British
Council Podcasts: The Case of Natural Science Stream at JIT, Jimma University, Ethiopia…
(Under review)
6) Dawit Tesfaye (2024). Do Remedial Programs Bridge the Gap? A Comparative Study of
Reading Comprehension Achievement among Natural Science Undergraduates at Jimma
University (Under review)
Contact Address:
Email: dawit.abebe@ju.edu.et or todawit@gmail.com
Tel: +251-911823522
Fax:
P.O. Box: 378