Staff Profiles: MSU National Language Institute
Professor William Lungisani Chigidi
Position: Senior Language Researcher-Shona
Research interests
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Indigenous knowledge systems
Literature
Oral literature
African culture.
Detective fiction.
Dr. Beatrice Taringa
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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Language Education for National & Economic Development
Language Policy and Planning
Psycho &Sociolinguistics
Culture, Gender and Human Rights Issues
Community enhancement through Language Development
Dr Khoza Trenance
Position: Research Fellow
Research Interests:
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Language and Education
Language Policy and Planning
Communication
Ms Loice Ngomacheza
Position: Language Research Assistant
Research Interests:
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Chewa morphology
Language planning and policy
Translation and Interpretation
Challenges of language in teaching and learning
Miss Lister Matsilele
Position: Language Researcher
Research Interests:
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Translation
Interpretation
Typesetting
Research work
Article writing
Amon Mudenda
Position: Researcher - Tonga
Research Interests
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Tonga morphology
Tonga culture and gender
Education and culture
Bhasera Maruzani
Position: Researcher – Braille
Research interests:
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Inclusion of persons with disabilities
Braille technology
Visual impairment and braille
Deaf-blind and tactile signing
Disability in the community
MARETHA DUBE
Position: Researcher-Sotho
Research Interests
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Indigenous knowledge systems
Indigenous languages and education
Ms AGNES NOMBEMBE
Position: RESEARCHER-XHOSA
Research Interests:
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LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING
LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES
ONOMASTICS
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
Mr. Tendai Chirimaunga
Position: Researcher - ChiBarwe
Research Interests:
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phonology
morphology
lexicography
terminography
translation and interpretation
sociolinguistics
language policy and planning
indigenous knowledge systems
Mrs Elina Mukutu
Position: Researcher - English
Research Interests:
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Phonetics and Phonology
Sociolinguistics
Academic and Professional Communication
Second Language Teaching and Learning
Hlalani Ndhlovu
Position: Researcher-Kalanga
Research Interests
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Indigenous Language Development through literature production
Indigenous Language Teaching And Learning
Comparative Studies For Zimbabwean Indigenous Language Orthographies For Dialectal Languages
Kalanga Folklore
Adrian Mafa Phiri
Position: Researcher - Nambya
Research Interests
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Language policy and planning
Language education
Oral literature
Ms NHEMACHENA NANCY
Position: Researcher – English
Research interests:
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Language Technology
Academic and Professional Communication
Language Policy and Planning
Language teaching
Literature