Staff Profiles: Language Centre

staff profiles: LANGUAGE CENTRE

Jill izaks

1. Name:	Jill Izaks
2. Tertiary Qualifications	Hons BA in Applied Linguistics, PGDE, BA
3. Current Position	Lecturer
4. Campus Address (Postal, Room No, Block/Unit)	D 212, Language Centre
5. Office Phone, Fax & Cell phone (optional)	206 3889
6. Email Address	jnizaks@unam.na
7. Short Biography (maximum 150 words)	I have 10 years of experience teaching Englishand am involved in Language Assessment (Team Leader: ESL – NSSC) at various levels in the Education sector. I have delivered papers at various conferences focusing on the importance of cognitive-academic language proficiency. I am involved in various academic activities in the department, e.g. material development, coordinating courses and writing units. I am passionate about equipping students with the language skills they need to excel at a university. One of my goals is to instil a culture of reading in our students.
8. Resume/Vita	Post resume/vita document and insert a link
9. Recently Taught Courses (last 2 years-include course codes)	ULEA 3519 English for Academic Purposes, ULEG 2410 English for General Communication, English Intensive (EFL) course (Intermediate and Advanced)
10. Academic interest/ expertise	My area of specialisation is Vocabulary Acquisition, specifically academic vocabulary.
11. Research and Publications *List of references/citations:* *Title, year, place& publisher* (includes links to abstracts& UNAM Press)	Research projects: At present: analysing written errors of first-year university students Ongoing: assessing the effects of a vocabulary development and explicit instruction intervention programme at the Centre
12. Recent Professional Activities(last 2 years): *Training, Presentations, University Committees, Community Outreach, Professional Associations, Bodies &Public Lectures*	Delivered: Presentation on Business Writing Skills for Corporate Solutions (2007) Presentation on the importance of academic voc. in discursive practices of students – NETA workshop (2007) Produced one radio programme for NOLNET: How to write a good summary (2007) Workshops attended: Theoretical and Practical Education Radio Training (2007)