Magdaline BAKUME NKONGHO OJONG earned her Ph.D. in General Linguistics from the University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon. She has served as Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English Language and Literatures of English Expression at H.T.T.C, University of Maroua. She currently serves as Chair of the Department of English Modern Letters at H.T.T.C, University of Buea. Pr. Nkongho has a distinguished academic career, having presented numerous papers and chaired panels at various conferences focused on linguistics. She is co-editor of a book and author of many articles published in esteemed national and international journals. Her area of teaching and research include phonology, African linguistics, sociolinguistics and ELT.