New: Dr. Dawit appointed Director of Internal Research Projects at Bahir Dar University

Teaching

Teaching

Teaching philosophy

Teaching literature is teaching attention: to language, to form, to the histories and feelings a text carries. Dr. Dawit’s classes treat students as fellow readers, combining close reading with theory so that students can explain not only what a text means but how and for whom it means.

A background in TEFL and language-laboratory teaching shapes a practical, student-centred approach: clear learning outcomes, scaffolded reading and writing tasks, formative feedback and the purposeful use of digital tools. Inclusivity and academic integrity, including the honest, critical use of AI tools, are built into every course.

12Courses taught
7Teaching appointments
11+Years in the classroom
4Institutions

Teaching appointments

  • Assistant Professor of English LiteratureBahir Dar University · 2024 – Present
  • Assistant ProfessorMekdela Amba University · 2024
  • Lecturer & University–Industry Linkage and Technology Transfer DirectorMekdela Amba University · 2021 – 2022
  • Lecturer & Research and Community Service Coordinator, Common Course CollegeMekdela Amba University · 2020 – 2021
  • Lecturer & English Language Improvement Centre (ELIC) CoordinatorMekdela Amba University · 2019 – 2020
  • Assistant LecturerDebre Markos University · 2017 – 2019
  • English TeacherEfoyeta Secondary School, Addis Ababa City Administration · 2015
Courses

Courses taught

Undergraduate Current

Translation

Bahir Dar University · 2024-Presenet
Doctoral Current

Seminar

Bahir Dar University · 2026-Prensent
Postgraduate Current

Translation Theory and Practice

Bahir Dar University · 2024-Presenet
Undergraduate Current

Reading

Debre Markos University · 2019
Undergraduate Current

Manuscript Digitization and Preservation

Bahir Dar University · 2024-Presenet
Postgraduate Current

Literary Theory and Criticism

Major schools of literary theory (from formalism to psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism and postcolonialism) applied to African and world texts.

Bahir Dar University · 2024 – present
Doctoral Current

Psychoanalysis and Literature

Freud, Klein, Lacan and Kristeva as readers of literature; mourning, melancholia and trauma in narrative.

Bahir Dar University · 2024 – present
Postgraduate Current

Comparative and African Literature

Reading Ethiopian and African literatures comparatively, across languages, genres and traditions.

Bahir Dar University · 2024 – present
Undergraduate Current

Introduction to Literature

Foundations of reading fiction, poetry and drama: genre, form, close reading and critical writing.

Bahir Dar University · 2024 – present
Postgraduate Current

Research Methods in Language and Literature

Designing qualitative and case-study research, literature reviews, ethics and academic writing for publication.

Bahir Dar University · 2024 – present
Undergraduate

Communicative English Language Skills

University common course developing listening, speaking, reading and writing for academic and professional settings.

Mekdela Amba University · 2019 – 2024
Undergraduate

Language Laboratory Practice

Teaching and assessing listening and speaking skills in the language laboratory.

Debre Markos University · 2017 – 2019
Student supervision

Dr. Dawit supervises and examines undergraduate and postgraduate research in literature and English language teaching, and contributed to the design of Bahir Dar University’s PhD curriculum in Ge’ez Studies. Prospective MA and PhD students working on psychoanalytic criticism, African and Amharic literature, comparative literature, Gə’əz studies or language education are welcome to get in touch with a short research proposal.

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