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/Dr Fungai Mutema
Dr Fungai Mutema

Position: Chairperson

Department: Communication Skills Center
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Qualifications:

  • PhD   – Languages, Linguistics and Literature (UNISA 2022)
  • MED – (MSU 2010)
  • BED – (MSU 2007)
  • DipEd – (UZ 1996)

Research Interests:

  • Reading literacy
  • Emergent literacy
  • Academic writing
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Applied linguistics
  • Family communication
  • Early childhood education
  • Onomastics

 

Publications:

  • Mutema, F. & Pretorius E. J. (2024) Does it matter if some learners read slowly” Exploring relationships between reading comprehension and oral reading fluency, South African Journal of Childhood Education 14(1): 1-15, 91518.http.1.doi.org/10.4102/sajce.v14i1.1518
  • Mutema, F. (2014) An examination of the learning conditions in Zimbabwe’s satellite schools: A case of Somabhula Resettlement Area – Midlands Province, International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 4(8): 284-289.
  • Mutema, F. 2013. Shona traditional children’s games and songs as a form of Indigenous Knowledge: An endangered genre, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 15(3), 59-64.
  • Mutema, F. & Njanji T.M.L. (2013) Tofiraushe! Nhamoinesu! Naming as negotiation for space in contemporary Zimbabwe. Research Journal of Engineering and Applied Scciences. 2(4):251-255. 
  • Mutema, F. (2013) “Breaking the silence: Communication between parents and secondary school adolescents in the context of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe: A case of Mkoba high density suburb, Gweru, Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies, 4(4): 604-612.
  • Mutema, F. & Mariko I. 2012. Common errors in Second Language (SL) speakers’ written texts. A case of First Year First Semester (L1:S1) Arts students at Midlands State University: An error analysis approach, Modern Journal of Applied Linguistics, 4(4), 218-235.

Presentations and conferences

  • MSU, Postgraduate Studies Orientation and Official Launch of the PGS Digital System – 3 December 2024 (MSU-Gweru campus) Presented on Critical Thinking Skills and Academic Writing Skills “Techniques for enhancing critical thinking, structuring and refining academic writing for clarity and impact”
  • MSU, UNICEF – RCZ Conference, 28-29 November 2022 (MSU – Gweru campus) Presented an abstract titled “Supporting Children with disabilities during the covid-19 pandemic: Reliving parental experiences and challenges faced”
  • LITASA Conference, 30 September-2 October 2022 (Rosebank, Jo’burg). Presented a paper titled “The literacy teacher as a change agent in the 4th Industrial Revolution”
  • RASA Conference, 13-15 October 2017 (UNISA, Pretoria). Presented a paper from thesis titled “Reading fluency of Grade 3s and 4s in Zimbabwe.
  • English and the Distinctly African University 01-03 June 2011 University of Botswana Presented a paper on Common errors in Second Language (SL) speakers’ written texts. A case of First Year First Semester (L1:S1) Arts students at Midlands State University: An error analysis approach,

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