{"id":161,"date":"2020-01-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2020-01-26T19:19:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T19:19:56","slug":"fel-executive-committee-member-joseph-osoba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/fel-executive-committee-member-joseph-osoba\/","title":{"rendered":"FEL Executive Committee member Joseph Osoba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In today&#8217;s post, <\/em> <em>we introduce another member of the FEL Executive Committee. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"193\" class=\"wp-image-162\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Osoba2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Osoba2.jpg 1386w, https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Osoba2-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Osoba2-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Osoba2-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Osoba2-1193x1536.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>   Joseph Babasola Osoba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I live in Nigeria and teach English Linguistics as an Associate Professor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funai.edu.ng\/\">Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike<\/a>, Ikwo, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. I taught at the Department of English, University of Lagos, Akoka from 1999 to 2016. I have also taught at the Elizade University, Ilara- Mokin as an Associate Professor and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba- Akoko, Ondo State, as a Lecturer and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer. I have given a couple of lectures relating to language attitudes and preferences. For more information see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funai.edu.ng\/faculty\/osoba-joseph-babasola\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My current research relates to the causes of and solutions to language endangerment in Nigeria. &nbsp;As a promoter of mother tongue education, I believe that indigenous languages can, when standardised, become sources of employment, commerce, and social and political advancement through their value. My slogan is: <em>That our languages may not disappear<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s post, we introduce another member of the FEL Executive Committee. Joseph Babasola Osoba I live in Nigeria and teach English Linguistics as an Associate Professor at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. I taught at the Department of English, University of Lagos, Akoka from 1999 to 2016. I have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/fel-executive-committee-member-joseph-osoba\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FEL Executive Committee member Joseph Osoba<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fel_ec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ogmios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}