Posted on: 20 May 2025
ID 937708

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Department Linguistics and Language Practice

Job title : Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Department Linguistics and Language Practice

Job Location : Free State, BloemfonteinDeadline : June 16, 2025Quick Recommended Links
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Duties And Responsibilities
  • Teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Linguistics with a focus on the spoken and signed languages and linguistics of Southern Africa.
  • Supervise postgraduate students at Honours, Masters and PhD level in one or more areas of linguistics.
  • Conduct research, present findings and publish in the field of Linguistics, with the spoken and signed languages and linguistics of Southern Africa as a focus area.
  • Carry out administrative work in the Department and at Faculty/University level and community service work.
  • Work to enhance the visibility of the Department at national and international level.
Inherent Requirements

Lecturer
  • A PhD on NQF Level 10 in Linguistics and /or Applied Linguistics or related discipline (for a permanent appointment).
or
  • Masters degree on NQF Level 9 in Linguistics and /or Applied Linguistics or related discipline (contract appointment: five years during which a PhD on NQF Level 10 in Linguistics and /or Applied Linguistics or related discipline must be obtained to be converted to a permanent appointment).
  • Proven record of teaching/lecturing at undergraduate and /or postgraduate level.
  • Proven experience in the delivery of poster or oral presentations at conferences or equivalent activities.
  • Evidence of manuscripts produced that have the potential to be converted or submitted for publication in accredited journals.
  • A good academic record (attach a copy).
Senior Lecturer
  • PhD on NQF Level 10 in Linguistics and /or Applied Linguistics or related discipline
  • Proven record of teaching/lecturing at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level.
  • Proven experience in presentation of papers at national and/or international scholarly conferences.
  • Proven national recognition for specialist expertise and research in a specific area of scholarship.
  • An NRF rating or demonstrated potential for obtaining an NRF rating.
  • Proven experience in supervision of graduated masters degree students.
  • A proven research record of relevant publications in national and /or international accredited journals; or other peer reviewed scholarly outputs.
  • Proven experience of service as an active member of a national and/or international scholarly society or committee or agency concerned with research at higher-education levels.
Recommendations
  • A PhD on NQF Level 10 in Linguistics and /or Applied Linguistics or related discipline.
  • Expertise in teaching linguistics with reference to the spoken and/or signed languages of Southern Africa.
  • A strong record of accomplishment of research in the linguistics of African languages, particularly African languages spoken and signed in Southern Africa.
  • Specialisation in one or more of the following subfields of linguistics: computational linguistics, historical linguistics, language acquisition, language contact, language documentation, morphology, multilingualism, phonology, phonetics, pragmatics, semantics, sociolinguistics, or syntax.
  • Evidence of excellence in teaching and/or supervision in Linguistics.
  • Experience with corpora and/or experimental linguistic research.
  • Experience in teaching with electronic content management tools such as Blackboard.
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