Annéli Machin is currently a lecturer in the Department of Old and New Testament Studies (Faculty of Theology and Religion). She is responsible for all undergraduate, honours and masters Greek modules and also enrolled for her PhD (on Greek rhetoric and John Chrysostom) at the University of the Free State.

 Since January 2021: Lecturer (Greek) Department of Old and New Testament Studies (Faculty of Theology and Religion)

January 2018 - June 2020: Acting Head of the Department of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies

Since October 2014: Lecturer (Greek)

2009 - 2014 (Sept): Junior Lecturer (Greek)

2007 - 2008: Tutor & Part-time lecturer (Greek)

2004 - 2008: Programme Coordinator & Officer (Language Practice)

M.A. Higher Education Studies & Greek (cum laude) - 2011

B.A. Hons. (Language Studies) - Greek (cum laude) - 2007

Baccalaureus Theologiae (with: Greek III & Hebrew III) (cum laude) - 2006

Diploma in Specialised Education (Remedial Education) (cum laude) - 1997

Higher Education Diploma (Postgraduate) (H.E.D.) (cum laude) - 1996

B.A. (Human Movement Science) - 1994

Additional modules: Programme Planning & Development / Design of Study Material & Learning Facilitation and Assessment / Evaluation (distinctions) - 2010 & 2009; Latin I & II (distinctions) - 2008

2014: Innovative teaching and learning of biblical Greek: A contextualized application of Fink’s taxonomy of significant learning. (Annéli Machin & Annette Wilkinson). Journal for Language Teaching Volume 48, Number 1, dated November 2014, ISSN 0259-9570

CONFERENCES ATTENDED & PAPERS PRESENTED

2019: 33rd Biennial conference of the Classical Society of South Africa, Stellenbosch.
Title of paper: The rhetoric of homes and dwellings in John Chrysostom`s De inani gloria et de educandis liberis

2014: The 6th Annual UNISA Symposium for New Testament and Early Christian Studies (Theme: "Religious Conflict in Late Antiquity and Its Legacies"),
UNISA, Pretoria 15-17 September 2014 (attended)

2013: 30th Biennial conference of the Classical Society of South Africa, Bloemfontein 8-11 July 2013
(attended & organizing committee)

2012: HELTASA 2012 Conference: ‘Higher Education that matters to Society
that matters to Higher Education …`; Stellenbosch 28-30 November 2012 
Title of paper: Teaching to change society: Innovative teaching and
significant learning in a Greek classroom

2012: SAALA/LSSA/SAALT 2012 Conference: `Diversity and Complexity` 
Bloemfontein 25-29 June 2012
Title of paper: Contemporary students becoming self-directed (life-long) learners of Ancient Greek: An innovative approach

2011: 29th Biennial conference of the Classical Society of South Africa, Grahamstown.
Title of paper: Innovative Teaching of Sport Metaphors in the Greek New Testament with Reference to 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

2010: UV prestige forum 
Title of paper: Innovative teaching and learning of Hellenistic Greek: 
a road map to life-long learning captivity

2010: HES prestige forum 
Title of paper: Teaching and learning of Hellenistic Greek: a road map 
to life-long learning captivity

2009: 28th Biennial conference of the Classical Society of South Africa, Pretoria (just attended)

PRESENTATIONS BY INVITATION
2012: A taxonomy for significant learning (Humanities Academic Enrichment Session March 2012)
2011: Teaching-learning and assessment policies and procedures (Humanities Academic Enrichment Session August 2011)

New Testament Greek and Early Christian Literature

Greek rhetoric

Writings of John Chrysostom 

Greek grammar, literature, translation, rhetoric

Innovative teaching and learning approaches

Blended learning & E-learning

 CURRENT MODULES (TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES)

Undergraduate:
CLGR1514: Introduction to New Testament Greek (16 credits)
CLGR1524: Continuation of New Testament Greek (16 credits)
CLGR2608: Hellenistic Greek language and literature (32 credits)
CLGR3714: Hellenistic Greek literature with applied semantics and stylistics (16 credits)
CLGR3724: Classical Greek language and literature (16 credits)
CLGR3734: Introduction to Greek rhetoric (16 credits) 
CLGR3744: Research methodology for classical languages (Greek)