Office
Flippie Groenewoud Building: Block B 222
Tertiary Training
BA (Ed) Mus., MA (Linguistics)
PhD English
Articles
Constructing xenophobic discourses: The case of the Daily Sun, Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa, 44 (2), 47-67. Published online: 19 Jun 2013.
Co-written
Du Plessis C.L., Els, C. Informative assessment: A supportive tool for systemic validity in language education. 2019. South African Journal of Higher Education, 33 (6).
Book chapter
De-and recontextualising xenophobia: discursive representations of non-nationals in the tabloid Daily Sun during attacks on immigrants in April - May 2008. In Singing, Speaking and Writing Politics: South African Political Discourses, [Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 65], edited by Mirjana N. Dedaic.
Conferences
National conference
- SAALA (Southern African Applied Linguistics Association) Conference: Grahamstown, July 2011.
- Paper presented: The construction of xenophobic discourse
- SAAL (Southern African Applied Linguistics Association) Conference: July 2016.
- Paper co-presented:Testing to teach: Ensuring validity in ESL learning. Potchefstroom
Areas of Interest
Critical Discourse Analysis
English Language Teaching
Modules
ENGS 1504: English for Professional Purposes
ELLT 2504: English as Medium for Teaching and Learning
ENGE 1608: Language Skills for Education
ENGN 6824: Multimodal perspectives in English Second Language Learning and Teaching
Publications (Short List)