Staff Profiles: Communication Skills Center
Dr Lettiah Gumbo
Position: Chairperson
Research Interests:
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ESL Teaching
Term Creation
Gender Issues
Communication & Applied Communication
Cultural Communication
Dr Umali Saidi
Position: Senior Lecturer
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Applied Linguistics
Semiotics
Communication & Applied Communication
Cultural Studies
Discourse Analysis (DA), Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) & Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA).
Onomastics
Dr Tendai Owen Chikara
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Applied linguistics,
Stancetaking,
Academic Writing,
Social Media,
Onomastics
Ms 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).
Mrs Soneni Matandare
Position: Lecturer
Research interests
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Sociolinguistics,
Discourse and critical discourse analysis,
Language acquisition,
Feminist critical discourse analysis
Mrs Moreen Mugomba
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Sociolinguistics
Women Empowerment
Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, Political Discourse Analysis
Mrs Flosie Florence Green
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Applied Linguistics- ESL usage, challenges and innovations in Zimbabwe
Sociolinguistics and the politics of language use.
Ms Tendai Makaita Letwinah Njanji
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Onomastics and African Literature.
Ms Primrose Mawire
Position: Lecturer
Research Interest:
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African Literature,
Postcoloniality,
Nationalism,
Identity,
Gender and Childhood discourses