FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
‘NEW GENERATION OF ACADEMICS’ PROGRAMME’ (nGAP)
AFRICAN LANGUAGE STUDIES DEPARTMENT
LECTURER
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) enjoys national and international acclaim for its continuing contribution to democratic change in South Africa and for making quality education accessible to all South Africans in our multilingual society. We wish to appoint a lecturer in the Department of African Language Studies who will be highly motivated and willing to make a significant contribution to a dynamic and supportive Faculty dedicated to teaching and research in African languages, as well as to overall student development.
The African Languages Studies Department is one of the twelve departments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of the Western Cape. It is a department that has well-established strengths in linguistics, literary studies, cultural studies, translation studies, creative writing, sociolinguistics, forensic linguistics, media and performance studies.
The Department of African Language Studies specialises in the teaching of theoretical linguistics, applied language studies, forensic linguistics and sociolinguistics as well as literature written in African languages. The Department offers courses from the first year through to the doctoral level. The emphasis is on both teaching mother tongue African languages, particularly the isiNguni languages from a comparative point of view (isiXhosa, isiZulu, SiSwati and isiNdebele), as well as on second-language isiXhosa acquisition.
The successful candidate will have a strongly developed sense of collegiality and an ability to work as member of a team. They will contribute to teaching, research and supervision in the African Language Department’s existing areas of strength. In their covering letter, candidates will be expected to identify their own teaching and research interests that speak to the current profile and future development of the department.
Responsibilities will include:
- Knowledge of contemporary linguistic theories in at least three of the following areas: syntax, morphology, semantics and phonology as well as applied language studies.
- Demonstrated experience in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in IsiXhosa and isiNguni Studies.
- Supervise postgraduate students at honours and Masters level.
- Teach first and second language speakers; and conduct scholarly research.
- Academic Administration & Institutional Leadership (Academic duties at departmental level e.g., module/course co-ordination) and participation in departmental and faculty committees.
- Contribute to community engagement (Community engagement in a related field would be a recommendation).
