Desta Kebede Ayana

Title: Mr.

Full Name:  Desta Kebede Ayana

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor of TEFL

College/Institute: Social Sciences and Humanities

Department/Team: English Language and Literature

Field of Specialization: Teaching English as A Foreign Language (TEFL)

Research interest: My research interests are:

• English Language Teaching and Learning.
• Promoting Intercultural and Communication Competence.
• Teaching in Multilingual and Multicultural Classrooms.
• Intercultural Relations.
• Addressing Cultural and Linguistic Diversity.
• Professional Development for EFL Teachers.
• Quality of English Education.
• Reflective Teaching.
• Quality Education.
• Multiple Intelligences in Second and Foreign Language Learning and Acquisition.

List of Publications

1. Desta Kebede and Getachew Seyoum (2015). The Implementation of Language Skills Integration in Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL): Jimma College of Teachers’ Education in Focus. NAWA, Journal of Language and Communication, 9(1).
2. Gemechis Teshome and Desta Kebede (2016). Challenges & Practices of Female Language Students in Distance Education: Jimma & Bahirdar Universities in Focus. ijsrm.humanjournals.com. International Journal of Science and Research Methodology, 5(1).
3. Dereje Daksa Kano, Desta Kebede Ayana, Gemechis Teshome Chali (2017). Practices and Challenges on Reflective Teaching: An Investigation of Second Cycle Primary Schools (5-8) EFL Teachers in Southwest Cluster Zones of Oromiya Regional State. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 33(2), 225-247.
4. Dereje Daksa Kano, Desta Kebede Ayana, Desalegn Beyene Debelo (2017). The Practices of Instructional Supervisions in Supplementing Holistic Teaching-Learning Process: Qersa and Omo Nada Woreda Secondary Schools of Jimma Zone in Focus. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 36(3), 1-19.
5. Desta Kebede and Gemechis Teshome (2016). Practice and Challenges of Co-Curricular Activities: EFL Teacher-Educators and Learners of Jimma and Bule Hora Colleges of Teachers’ Education in Focus. http://www.journalcra.com. International Journal of Current Research, 8(11), 42593-42603.
6. Desta Kebede, Gemechis Teshome and Hamza Hassen (2016). EFL Teachers’ Perception and Practices on the implementation of integrated oral communicative skills: three colleges of teachers’ education in Oromia Regional State in focus. NAWA, Journal of Language and Communication, 10 (2), 140-151.
7. Fekadu Fufa, Towfik Jemal, Desta Kebede, Gemechis Teshome (2018). An Assessment on the Perception and Practices of Instructors and Engineering Students towards Teaching and Learning Technical Report Writing and Research Methodology: Three Public Universities in Focus.

http://gssrr.org/index.php?journal = Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 42(1), 179-193.

8. Desta Kebede & Lies Sercu (2023). Ethiopian University Students’, Lecturers’ and Administrators’

Perceptions of Interculturally Competent Persons. African Journal of Education and Practice, 9(1), 38-50. https://www.iprjb.org/journals/index.php/AJEP/article/view/1884

Doi: https://doi.org/10.47604/ajep.1884

9. The 9th, 10th, and 11th articles have been submitted for publication and are currently under blind review.