Dr. Karen Ferreira-Meyers
Senior Lecturer/Coordinator
Teaching and University-related duties
Teaching at Uniswa:
In the past, I have taught the following courses:
For the Department of Modern Languages:
F1P1 Intermediate French: Language
F1P2 Intermediate French: Literature
F2P1 Advanced French: Language
F2P2 Introduction to Literary Studies
F3P1 Composition and Style
F3P2 Francophone African Literature
F4P1 French Literature: XXth Century
FPA2 General Linguistics: French
FPA3 Cultural Studies: La Francophonie
FPA4 Cultural Studies: La France
FPA5 Business French I: Commercial Correspondence
FPA6 Business French II: Advertising and Commercial Literature
Full-time Certificate in French courses (now frozen)
For the Faculty of Education:
EDC-283: Curriculum Studies: French
EDC-383: Curriculum Studies: French
EDC-200: Microteaching (French)
For the Institute of Distance Education:
IDE-FC101: Language, IDE-FC103: Reading and comprehension, IDE-FC104: Conversation
IDE-FC201: Language, IDE-FC203: Reading and comprehension, IDE-FC204: Conversation
IDE-F1P2: Intermediate French: Language, IDE-F2P1: Advanced French: Language, IDE-F2P1: Advanced French: Language, IDE-F3P2: Francophone African Literature, IDE-FPA3: Cultural Studies I: la Francophonie, IDE-FPA4: Cultural Studies II: la France, IDE-FPA6: Business French II: Advertising and Commercial Literature.
E3P2, E3P3, Eng202, Eng203
In 2011-2012, I taught the following courses:
Eng302 (for the Department of English)
In addition, I teach the following IDE courses: IDE-FPA2, IDE-FPA1
Last academic year, 2012-2013, I taught:
Eng201 and Eng302 (for the Department of English)
In addition, I teach the following IDE courses: IDE-Eng201, IDE-Eng302
Student projects (Bachelor) supervised:
1996 Amanda Ginindza, Les Eléments africains dans Le Vieux Nègre et la Médaille de Ferdinand Oyono
1997 Ramona Kunene, Traduction et analyse thématique et stylistique de quelques proverbes swazis
1998 Lomkhosi Sibusiso Dlamini, Le rôle de la femme africaine: vu par une romancière et deux romanciers
2003 Mxolisi Mamba, Eléments stylistiques dans le discours anti-colonial de Ferdinand Oyono
2005 Annelisa Stoffels, Le discours publicitaire (Coca-Cola)
2006 Hlobsile Mansoor, Comparaison de l’utilisation de l’article en français, en anglais et en siSwati
Futhi Mdluli, Le Sénégal post-indépendance
2007-2008 Muziwakhe Mthupha, L'enseignement du français, langue étrangère, au Swaziland
2008 Farai Chitima, Le féminisme africain à travers quelques oeuvres francophones choisies
2009 Vamile Dlamini, Les effets de la polygamie dans quelques textes littéraires francophones choisis
2011 Yolanda Barbosa, L’Amant de Marguerite Duras : similitudes et différences entre la perception du public de l’écriture littéraire et cinématographique.
Master Theses supervised:
2012 Damian Oakes: The role of the liaison interpreter in cross-cultural, post-conflict
mediation dialogue settings: a case study of post-Arab Spring Tunisia – UNESCO’s Road Map – Democracy and Renewal in the Arab World.
2012 Bertus Barkhuizen: Seeking direction in language directionality – conference interpreting at the crossroads between theory and practice
2012 Olivia Rouamba
Master Theses proofread and edited:
2012 Hlengiwe Dlamini
2012 Ntombikayise Masango
2013 Patience Gama
Moderation of examination questions and scripts: for the Departments of Modern Languages, English and the Institute of Distance Education.
Marking of scripts (Simulation of a Professional Translation Project, translation examinations) for the University of Pretoria, May 2013.
Teacher Training Supervision: regularly between 1993 and 2010, again in 2013.
Middlebury Language Schools
I taught two classes during the seven week Summer 2013 (20 June to 9 August 2013) immersion programme of the Middlebury Language Schools at Mills College, Oakland, California (: Grammar and vocabulary (upper intermediate), and Composition and literature (advanced). I also held a workshop on blogging, held a one-hour Literature lecture (on Amélie Nothomb’s œuvre) and was the MC of the Cabaret evening.
