Staff Profiles: Faculty of Education

STAFF PROFILES: FACULTY OF EDUCATION

Verena Utaleni Nandago

Department: Curriculum Instructions and Assessment Studies

1. Name: (Title ,First, Last Names)	Verena Utaleni Nandago
2. Tertiary Qualifications (High to Low) Note: Acronyms to be written out in full	MA (English Language Teaching), University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, 1996. BA (English), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Unites Stated of America, 1992.
3. Current Position	Lecturer
4. Campus Address (Postal, Room No, Block/Unit)	Main Campus, Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Windhoek Block X, Room X255
5. Office Phone, Fax & Cell phone (optional)	+264 61 206 3917
6. Email Address	vnandago@unam.na
7. Short Biography (maximum 150 words)	(...a Namibian who has been in the education sector for eighteen years. She has been a teacher of English at the senior secondary phase and a Head of Department for Languages at Oshakati SSS. Ms Nandago has also been involved with the BETD in-service programme where she has been a tutor for English Language Education, and has also worked with UNAM northern campus (Language Centre) where she taught English Short Courses. At the national level, she has and still is a member of the English Curriculum Panel (NIED) and has been part of the National External School Evaluation (NESE) teams. Ms Nandago is a lecturer of English for Teacher and the Teaching Methods of English at the main campus.
8. Resume/Vita	Post resume/vita document
9. Recently Taught Courses (last 2 years- include course codes)	Joined UNAM in January 2009 and currently teaching English for Teachers EET3602 and Teaching Methods of English CLE3700
10. Academic interest/ expertise	English Language Teaching: Challenges faced by English teachers in the formal education sector
11. Research and Publications List of references/citations: Title, year, place& publisher (includes links to abstracts& UNAM Press) Note: Acronyms to be written out in full	Unpublished MA Dissertation: Interactive Language Learning: An analysis of the structure and nature of group/pair tasks in ‘Racing Ahead’ (IGCSE English as a Second Language Learner’s Book 1, Namibia)
12. Recent Professional Activities (last 2 years): Training, Presentations, University Committees, Community Outreach, Professional Associations, Bodies &Public Lectures Note: Acronyms to be written out in full