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Ass. Prof. Marianne Zappen-Thomson
Department: Language and Literature Studies
| Ass. Prof. Marianne Zappen-Thomson |
- D.Litt German: Interkulturelles Lehren und Lernen in einer multikulturellen Gesellschaft. Deutsch als Fremdsprache in Namibia.
- M.A. German: Liedertexte im fremdkulturellen Literaturunterricht
- B.A.(Hons) German - cum laude
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| Associate Professor, |
Main Campus, Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Windhoek
Block Y, Room Y045 |
+264 61 206 3857
+264 61 206 3863 |
| mzappen@unam.na |
Prof. Marianne Zappen-Thomson is a Namibian by birth;
She obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Stellenbosch. Her main areas of interest are intercultural communication, translation and interpretation as well as teaching German as a foreign language in Namibia. She is the editor of the online journal eDUSA (http://www.sagv.org.za/eDUSA/index.htm), an executive member of the Association for German Studies in Southern Africa (SAGV), member of the German Curriculum Group, NIED. Organised the annual German Teachers conference together with the AGDS and NaDS/GZ. She has received scholarships from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), the Goethe Institut, a Grant of the Rockefeller Foundation. Furthermore she has attended and presented papers a conferences world wide, amongst others in Lucerne, Switzerland, in Leipzig, Germany and Dublin, Ireland. Prof. Zappen-Thomson was on the organising committee for the XXI SAGV-Conference held at UNAM, Windhoek, from 14 to 16 April 2003 and she is a Founding member and executive committee member of Mopane Fonds. She serves on the Standing Committee for German as a Foreign Language, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and is involved in various community projects. |
| Post resume/vita document |
Foundations of German - HLGB3511
German for Beginners - HLGB3532
Complex German Patterns - HLGS3611
Intercultural Communication - GGS 3410
Translation Foreign Lang. – Mother Tongue - TFM 4110
Translation Mother Tongue – Foreign Lang. - TMF 4110
Interpreting - TII 4110
Teaching Methods German - CAO 3340 |
- Progression in learning a foreign language
- Translation in theory or praxis in Namibia
- Intercultural learning in Southern African literature
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Books
Zappen-Thomson, M (2000): Interkulturelles Lernen und Lehren in einer multikulturellen Gesellschaft – Deutsch als Fremdsprache in Namibia. Göttingen/Windhoek, Klaus-Hess-Verlag.
Chapters in Book
Zappen-Thomson, M. (2004): “Transkultur, Tourismus und Translation im Deutschstudium an der UNAM” In: Deutsch als Herausforderung. Fremdsprachenunterricht und Literatur in Forschung und Lehre. Festschrift für Rainer Kussler, 2004: 111-120.
Zappen-Thomson, M. (2006): “Is the journey from A to B in the context of foreign language teaching in Namibia a linear one?“ In Harden, Theo / Witte, Arnd / Köhler, Dirk (eds.): The Concept of Progression in the Teaching and Learning of Foreign Languages Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2006. 167-180.
Zappen-Thomson, M (2007): “Wann ist accommodation Unterkunft und wann nicht? Von der Theorie und Praxis der Translation in Namibia“ In Weber, Undine/ Wozniak, Janina (eds): Kultur- und Literaturvermittlung. Festschrift für Werner Krüger, 2007, 119-131.
Articles:
Zappen-Thomson, M. (2005): Editor: eDUSA – Band 1, Jahrgang 2006: Nr. 1/2 [ISSN 1991-6272] Redaktionelles, Vorwort, Nachruf: Prof. Dr. R. Ehnert
Zappen-Thomson, M. (2005): “Ade „trenne nie st, denn es tut ihm weh“ Die neue deutsche Rechtschreibung In eDUSA 1,2006, 1/2: 21-28.
Zappen-Thomson, M. (2006): „DaF-LlehrerInnen engagieren sich“ Allgemeine Zeitung, 27.7.2006
Zappen-Thomson, M (2007): „Inter- und Transkulturelle Begegnungen in A. P. Brinks Roman The other side of silence” Acta Germanica 34, 81-88.
Zappen-Thomson, M. (2007): Editor: eDUSA – Band 2, Jahrgang 2007: Nr. 1 [ISSN 1991-6272] Redaktionelles, Vorwort, Preisverleihung des Projekts Lilie
Conference Papers:
“Inter- und Transkulturelle Begegnungen in A.P. Brinks Roman “The other side of silence” Paper presented at the SAGV Conference, University of Stellenbosch, 30 March – 2 April 2005.
Panel discussion “Lohnt sich eine deutsche, namibische Literatur?” – Literaturforum 23.20 2006.
„so nye ihr seid sehr cool - Lucia Engombe über sich und die, die einst DDR-Kinder genannt wurden.” Paper presented at the SAGV Conference, University of Witwatersrand, 2 April -5 April 2007.
Kind Nr. 95 einmal anders betrachtet“ Paper presented at the NaDS/Goethe Centre, Windhoek, 12 November 2007. |
Workshop at Annual Conference for German Teachers in Arandis, “Nur der frühe Vogel erwischt die Badewanne” Von der Theorie und Praxis beim Übersetzen in Namibia. Namibia, organised by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Schulvereine and NaDS, July 2005.
Workshop Annual conference for German Teachers in Arandis Namibia, „The new oral examination for the NSSC“. organized by the AGDS and NaDS, 20 – 23.7.2006
Workshop f Workshop for German as foreign language teachers “The elaboration of the defined content of the NSSC-H curriculum and how to conduct examinations for the NSSC”, NaDS-GoetheZentrum, 29 February – 2 March 2008
External Examner:
M.Phil. (Translation).
Candidate: Ms. V. Claassen
Title: Die vertaling van Dialekte – Knelpunte en Veelvoud van die Volkseie
Supervisor: Prof. AE Feinauer, Dept. of Afrikaans and Dutch, Stellenbosch University
Master’s Theses in German.
Candidate: Ms R. L. Brunke
Title: Deutschland und Fragen der Identität in Liedtexten von Herbert Grönemeyer
Supervisor: Dr. R. Annas, Dep. Modern Foreign Languages, Stellenbosch University
M.Phil. (CALL)
Candidate: Mr. MW Jakus
Title: [E-] Learning by Doing - Integrierter und handlungsorientierter Einsatz neuer Medien am Beispiel Goethe-Zentrum Kapstadt
Supervisor: Ms. R. du Toit, Dep. Modern Foreign Languages, Stellenbosch University. |
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