Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer: African Languages at Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte

• Teaching of isiXhosa language acquisition, communication study, and discourse analysis, as applied linguistics fields in undergraduate modules for first (home) language and second/additional language students, respectively;
• Teaching of isiXhosa descriptive linguistics, and introductory formal and theoretical linguistics (lexical semantics, morphology, syntax, and its discourse-pragmatic interfaces) in undergraduate modules for both first (mother tongue) and second/additional language students;
• Teaching of isiXhosa text linguistics, as an applied linguistic field;
• Teaching and supervision of formal and theoretical linguistics (lexical semantics, morphosyntax, and its discourse-pragmatic interfaces) at postgraduate level in

African languages, more generally, including the official African languages of South Africa;

• Teaching and supervision at postgraduate level for study in the African languages, more generally, including the official African languages of South Africa, in applied linguistics;
• Curriculum and module design and innovation at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in collaboration with colleagues;
• Publication of research outputs in accredited journals and other accredited publications;
• Research collaboration with colleagues, nationally and internationally;
• Active participation in all departmental activities, including activities delegated by the Departmental Chair and Faculty committees.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• For Senior Lecturer: A Doctoral degree in African Languages, including applied linguistic research (in some of the sub-fields listed in 'Duties' above), informed by a selective study of isiXhosa formal and theoretical linguistics (e.g., lexical semantics, morphosyntax and its discourse-pragmatic interfaces);
• For Associate Professor: A Doctoral degree in African Languages, including applied linguistics (in some of the sub-fields listed in 'Duties' above ), informed by a selected study of isiXhosa formal and theoretical linguistics (e.g., lexical semantics, morphosyntax and its discourse-pragmatic interfaces) with demonstrated success in an extensive range of areas of teaching, supervision and research;
• An outstanding study and career record;

Experience as a lecturer at a tertiary institution:

• for senior lecturer: several years' lecturing experience in African Languages programmes, including specifically, isiXhosa, at a tertiary institution;
• for associate professor: several years' lecturing experience in African Languages programmes, including specifically, isiXhosa, at a tertiary institution;

Proof of quality research outputs, including:

• for senior lecturer: a growing list of publications in accredited journals;
• for associate professor: An extensive number of accredited publications, and demonstrated proof of international recognition by peers;
• Experience in curriculum design at both the undergraduate level, specifically for isiXhosa, and at the postgraduate level, for African languages more generally;

Experience of supervision in programmes in African Languages at the postgraduate level, including

• for senior lecturer, experience in successful supervision of several master's studies, and experience in involvement in (co-)supervision up to successful completion of studies at doctoral level;
• for associate professor: several master's and doctoral studies successfully supervised as primary supervisor;
• A demonstrated record of research collaboration networks with colleagues, nationally and internationally;
• Good administrative, interpersonal, and communication skills, and being prepared to be involved in departmental activities;
• An advanced-level communicative competence in isiXhosa.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• Demonstrated experience of teaching and research in formal and applied linguistics in other official African languages of South Africa, in addition to isiXhosa;
• Demonstrated experience of research on formal and applied linguistics of African Languages in collaboration networks in East, Central and/or West African countries;
• Demonstrated experience of funded research projects on formal and applied linguistics of African languages, and participation in national and international networks and conference presentations;
• Demonstrated experience of writing of successful research grant applications for projects on formal and applied linguistics of African languages.