Audrey Mbeje

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Lecturer in Foreign LanguagesDirector of the African Language Program at Penn

Education

Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, Ball State University

Research Interests

Discourse analysis and second/foreign language pedagogy, foreign language curriculum design and assessment, online and text-based material development, anaphora, passivization, and tense/aspect in the Nguni languages of South Africa.

Courses Taught
  • AFST 150-680 Elementary Zulu I & II
  • AFST 250-680 Intermediate Zulu I & II
  • AFST 350-680 Advanced Zulu I & II
Selected Publications
  • Zulu Learners' Reference Grammar, National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) 2005
  • Discourse Analysis and Foreign Language Pedagogy: A Case of Zulu Demonstratives, Journal of African Language Teachers Association (JALTA) 2005
  • The Function of Demonstratives in Zulu and English:  A Contrastive Study with Pedagogical Implications.  Dissertation.  Michigan: UMI Publishing Company 2002
Affiliations
  • Vice President, African Language Teachers Association (ALTA)
  • Member, National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL)
  • Member, Annual Conference in African Linguistics (ACAL)
  • Member, World Congress in African Linguistics (WOCAL)