Mary Ngozi Nwodo

Work Information

Programme	FULL-TIME
Department	LANGUAGES & LINGUISTICS
Faculty	HUMANITIES

biography (Education/professional experience/professional accomplishments)

Mary NgoziNwodo is Lecturer 1 in the Department of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities. I have a background in French Didactics and French/ English translation and for several years specialized in teaching French to students. I have worked for several years with the Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC) on curriculum development for French in Nigerian Institutions of learning (Universities preliminary year, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education).

I have organized and conducted the retraining of French Teachers of Tertiary Institutions for the South-East & South-South geo-political zones at the Centre for French Teaching & Documentation (CFTD), Enugu and have external examining experience inDELF A1 – B2.

I have worked as the French Academic Supervisor for the South-East in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) &French Embassy in Nigeria. I am currently teaching French. I have published in some academic journals including Le Bronze and Nufjol. I am a member of the University French Teachers Association of Nigeria (UFTAN), a member of Association For Translation Studies in Nigeria.

Academic Qualifications

S/N	Institutions attended	degree(s) awarded	year
1	College of Edducation, Eha-Amufu	Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE)	1984-1987
2	University of Nigeria, Nsukka.	BA French / Education 2nd class honours, upper division (2¹)	1989-1992
3	External candidate	Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON)	1994
4	Centre de LinguistiqueAppliquée, (CLA) Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.	Master 2 Sciences du Langage Métiers du FLE. (Professional certificate; French as a Foreign Language, Linguistics, Policy and Didactics; Re-engineering Education). « L’implantation de nouveaux curricula et l’usage de nouveaux manuelsdans le systèmeéducatif du Nigeria (engénéral et dans la région du Sud-Est, Sud-Sud, Niger / Delta enparticulier) pour l’enseignement du français.	July, 2005
5	University of Nigeria, Nsukka.	M. A. French Translation. “La Fidélité au sensentraductionlittéraire a travers “Blood Stains on the Sands” of Ossie Enekwe. (The Fidelity to Meaning in Literary Translation applied in “The Blood Stains on the Sand” of Ossie Enekwe)	1999 -2006
6	Université Stendhal, Grenoble 3, France.	Master 2 Research in Didactics of distant learning of French as a foreign Language	2009 -2011
7	CIEP, France	DELF B2	May 2011
8	CIEP, France	Habilitation à la correction des épreuvesorales et écrites des examens DELF A1 A2 B1 B2.	May 2013
9	NnamdiAzikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State	La fidélité au sensentraduction : « The last of the strong ones » d’AkachiAdimora-Ezeigbo. PhD in view.	2018 – till date

research interests

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1	Translation stuides
2	Didactics in french as a foreign language

Membership of professional bodies

s/n	Professional body
1	National Association of French Teachers (NAFT) Member, Executive member, 1992 – 2013.
2	University French Teachers Association of Nigeria (UFTAN).
3	Association for Translation Studies in Africa (ATSA) ATSA group in Nigeria.
4	Fédération International des professeurs de français (FIPF)
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Selected publications (MAXIMUM OF 10, WITH LINKS WHERE AVAILABLE)

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1	Kim, J., Nwodo, m.N et al (2007). Model questions and answers based on communicative method for junior secondary schools examination (JSSCE).
2	Nwodongozi et al; (2014), Teachers’ guide for the 9-year Basic Education (BEC) revised Curriculum. French Language. Nigerian Educational Research & Dev. Council (NERDC).
3	Nwodo, M.N. (2014). “Penser à l’écléctismeendidactique du français au Nigéria”. Northern Inter-University Journal vol.4 n°1 pg 231-248.
4	Nwodo, M.N. (2016). “Les tendanceglobales et linguistiquesappliquées au français depuis le début du XXIe siècle au Nigéria”. Le Bronze. Vol.4 n°2 pg 60-82.
5	Umaru, K.K. &Nwodo, M.N. (2018). “Syntatic translation and semantic implication: The case of Fulfulde & English”. Journal of Languages and Culture. Vol. 9 n°1. http://www.academicjournals.orgljournals/JLC
6	Nwodo, M.N. (2018). “Language arrangement and globalization of world languages with a special emphasis on Nigeria (Ref n° 556). PEOPLE: International journal of Social Sciences, 4 (2), 1664-1689. URL: http://www.grdspublishing.org/index.php/people/article/view/1609.
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Collaborations/affiliations

s/n	I have worked in collaboration with the following bodies:
1	Centre for French Teaching & Documentation (CFTD), Enugu (2000-2013), (2015-2017)
2	Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC) (2008-2015)
3	Federal Ministry of Education (FME) (2015-2017)
4	French Embassy in Nigeria (2000-2017)
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grants and fellowships

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1	Fellow of the Inter-caft FIC: 2012 merit award, National Association of French Lecturers of Colleges of Education.
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