Dr. Beatrice Adeyinka Laninhun

TELEPHONE: 08034510671

QUALIFICATIONS: BAEnglish(Ife); MA (LanguageArts) (Ibadan); PhD (Communication and Language Arts) (Ibadan)

DESIGNATION: Senior Lecturer & Acting Head of Department

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Laninhun, A. (1995) “Imparting Oral skills to Medical Students” in Adegbija E.E. anIhebuzor,N.A. (eds). English for Academic Purposes in Nigeria : Needs and Methods. COMSKIP Publication Series CPS No.2 pp.181 – 200.

Laninhun, A. (1998). “L2 Learners’ Perception of the Teaching of Oral English in Ghana: A Pilot Study. Legon Journal of the Humanities Vol. X1, pp. 17-34

Laninhun, A.(2000) “Interpersonal and Group Communication in Organisations” in Soola E.O. (ed) Organisational Communication : A Book of Readings Ibadan: Delby Concepts Pp.25 – 37.

Laninhun, A. (2000) “Public Relations Strategies for Effective Management of Mergers and Acquisitions in Corporate Business Institutions”. NIPR Public Relations Journal. Vol.2, No.1 Pp. 34 – 38.

Laninhun, A.(2001) “Mobilizing Women for Effective Leadership Positions in Nigeria: The Role of the Media” Castalia Vol.6, April, 2001 pp.34-42.

Laninhun, A. (2002) “Communication for Development Purposes: a gender perspective” In Soola, E. O (ed) Communication for Development Purposes. Ibadan: Kraftbooks

CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS: Marketing communications; gender studies, and speaking skills.

SUMMARY OF CONTRIBUTIONS: Contributions have been made in the following areas: needs analysis of speaking skills of L2 learners (Nigeria and Ghana); corporate reputation management; gender studies.