Staff Profiles: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

staff profiles: FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Dr Herman L Beyer

Department: Language and Literature Studies

1. Name: (Title , First, Last Names)	Dr Herman L Beyer
2. Tertiary Qualifications (High to Low) Note: Acronyms to be written out in full	DLitt, MA, HonsBA, BA, HED (Stellenbosch University)
3. Current Position	Senior Lecturer and Head of Department
4. Campus Address (Postal, Room No, Block/Unit)	Main Campus, Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia Block Y, Room Y040
5. Office Phone, Fax & Cell phone (optional)	Phone: +264 61 206 3850 Fax: +264 61 206 3863
6. Email Address	hbeyer@unam.na
7. Short Biography (maximum 150 words)	Herman Beyer is a born Namibian and went to school in Windhoek and Swakopmund. He obtained all his tertiary qualifications from Stellenbosch University and has been a University of Namibia staff member since September 1997, following four years of secondary school teaching in Swakopmund. He was appointed head of the newly formed Department of Language and Literature Studies when it was established in January 2008, following a merger between the former Departments of African Languages, English and Germanic & Romance Languages.
8. Resume/Vita	Post resume/vita document
9. Recently Taught Courses (last 2 years- include course codes)	CAO 3380 Teaching Methods of Afrikaans GAA 3211 Afrikaans in Context GAC 3410 Lexicography GAC 3450 Advanced Afrikaans Linguistics ISF 2411 Basics of Professional Writing LAF 3511 Afrikaans Language Usage LAF 3611 Afrikaans Linguistics LBC 3511 Communication Basics LBC 3702 Professional Communication Practice LBC 3722 Presentation Skills
10. Academic interest/ expertise	Dictionary research (particularly pedagogical lexicography and dictionary pedagogy), language teaching and business communication.
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	Articles: 2006. “’n Voorlopige model vir die sistematiese beskrywing van gebruikersvriendelikheid in woordeboeke” (“A Preliminary Model for the Systematic Description of User-Friendliness in Dictionaries”). Lexikos 16: 46-66. 2005. “Standaardwoordeboek en kernwoordeboek: ‘n vergelykende evaluering” (“Standard Dictionary and Core Vocabulary Dictionary: A Comparative Evaluation”). Lexikos 15: 1-37. 2005. “Die nuwe Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls” (“The New Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls”). Journal of Humanities (45)1: 15-28. 2000. “Nuwe dinge in Nuwe woorde – ‘n oorsig oor buitemikrostrukturele leksikografiese vernuwings” (“New things in Nuwe woorde – An Overview of Extra-microstructural lexicographical innovations”). Lexikos 10: 275-290. 1998. “Die teenstellingsdefinisie in Afrikaanse verklarende woordeboeke” (“The Contrastive Definition in Afrikaans Explanatory Dictionaries”). Lexikos 8:1-16. 1997. “Aard en leksikografiese hantering van sogenaamde geslagtelik neutrale lede van Afrikaanse geslagsopposisiepare” (“Nature and Lexicographical Treatment of So-called Gender Neutral Members of Gender Opposition Pairs in Afrikaans”) South African Journal of Linguistics (15)4: 107-115. Conference Papers: 2008. “A Functionalistic Approach to the Lexicographic Treatment of Idioms.” Thirteenth AFRILEX International Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa, July. 2008. “Defining School Dictionaries.” International Conference on the Humanities, Pretoria, South Africa, June. 2006. “Describing User-Friendliness in Dictionaries.” Eleventh AFRILEX International Conference on Lexicography, Thohoyandou, South Africa, July. 2003. “Die nuwe Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls” (The New Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls”) Second National Conference of the Professional Association for the Teaching of Afrikaans in Namibia, Windhoek, February. 2003. “Can We Quantify the Effects of Dictionary Use?” Eighth AFRILEX International Conference on Lexicography, Windhoek, July. 2000. “Lexicographer Meets Translator? An Unlikely Co-incidence.” Fifth AFRILEX International Conference on Lexicography, Stellenbosch, RSA, July. 1998. “The Contrastive Definition in Afrikaans Explanatory Dictionaries.” Third AFRILEX International Conference on Lexicography, Potchefstroom, RSA, July.
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	Service on various University committees, including the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) Management Committee, FHSS Registration Task Group, University Calendar and Timetable Committee, University Registration Task Group, University Timetable Task Group, Senate. Service on the Afrikaans Curriculum Committee of the Ministry of Education at the National Institute for Educational Development (NIED). Member of the following associations: African Association for Lexicography (AFRILEX), Linguistics Society of Southern Africa, Namibia Educational Research Association (NERA), Namibia Scientific Society, Professional Association for the Teaching of Afrikaans in Namibia (Board member), South African Academy of Science and the Arts, South African Association for Language Teaching.