Staff Profiles: Communication Skills Center
Dr Fungai Mutema
Position: Chairperson
Research Interests:
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Reading literacy
Emergent literacy
Academic writing
Psycholinguistics
Applied linguistics
Family communication
Early childhood education
Onomastics
Dr Lettiah Gumbo
Position: Senior Lecturer
Research Interests:
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ESL Teaching
Term Creation
Gender Issues
Communication & Applied Communication
Cultural Communication
Dr Precious Dube
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Applied Linguistics
gender studies
Climate change
Multilingualism
Second language Acquisition
Communication
Dr. Sheunesu Mandizvidza
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Interface between history and literature
(Auto)biography
Life writing
Academic and Professional Communication
Land literature
Memory Studies
Dr Tendai Owen Chikara
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Applied linguistics,
Stancetaking,
Academic Writing,
Social Media,
Onomastics
Dr Primrose Hlatshwayo
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests-
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Genre studies
Academic writing
social media
socio-linguistics
teaching English as a Second Language (ESL)
Collaborative writing
Dr Tendai Makaita Letwinah Njanji
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Onomastics and African Literature.
Mrs Soneni Matandare
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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Sociolinguistics,
Discourse and critical discourse analysis,
Language acquisition,
Feminist critical discourse analysis
Ms Primrose Mawire
Position: Lecturer
Research Interest:
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African Literature,
Postcoloniality,
Nationalism,
Identity,
Gender and Childhood discourses
Lindani Mpinami
Position: Assistant lecturer
Research Interests:
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Cultural studies
language development
Climate change
translation studies
gender studies
Limukani T Dube
Position:
Research Interests:
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Development of marginalised languages
sociolinguistics
identity and onomastics