Staff Profiles: Language Centre

staff profiles: LANGUAGE CENTRE

Christina Ethel Olivier

1. Name:	Christina Ethel Olivier
2. Tertiary Qualifications	MA ( Applied Linguistics - UNISA); BA Honours (Applied Linguistics –UNISA);BA (UNISA) BEd (UNAM); LSTD(University Of the Western Cape).
3. Current Position	Lecturer
4. Campus Address (Postal, Room No, Block/Unit)	Block D: Language Centre, D131
5. Office Phone, Fax & Cell phone (optional)	2063885; fax no 2063943
6. Email Address	ceolivier@unam.na
7. Short Biography (maximum 150 words)	English teacher, Primary School: English teacher, Secondary school; Windhoek College of Education (lecturer of English Communication Skills and English Language Education); BETD INSET Programme, OLG and Azaleah College (English lecturer); NAMCOL (Content and language Editor); UNAM (lecturer – ULEA, ULCE, ULEG, Short Courses: English Advanced, Afrikaans for Beginners).
8. Resume/Vita	Post resume/vita document and insert a link
9. Recently Taught Courses (last 2 years- include course codes)	English for Academic Purposes (ULEA3519); English Communication and Study Skills(ULCE3419); English for General Communication (ULEG 3410)English for Teachers 1 (EEET 3502), Afrikaans for Beginners.
. Academic interest/ expertise	Academic Reading and Writing Oral Proficiency Materials Development Translations
11. Research and Publications List of references/citations: Title, year, place& publisher (includes links to abstracts& UNAM Press)	Olivier, C.E. (2003) The Oral Proficiency of ESL teacher trainees in different discourse domains. Unpublished Master’s Dissertation. Pretoria: University of South Africa.
12. Recent Professional Activities (last 2 years): Training, Presentations, University Committees, Community Outreach, Professional Associations, Bodies &Public Lectures	Attendance: Short course on SPSS in 2008. Presented a Paper at the Boleswana Conference in Maseru,Lesotho in July, 2007 Member of Editorial Board of NERA – 2007, 2008. Coordinator of ULCE Course (CSSE Dept.) at the Language Centre. Moderation of Assignments and Portfolios for English Communication Skills of Certificate students at the Polytechnic of Namibia. Translation of brochures for UCCB and CLASH.