Curriculum vitae prof. L. T. (Theo) du plessis director: Unit for Language Management University of the Free State

Teaching experience

6.1	Undergraduate courses

1981-1983	Didactics of Afrikaans
1981-1983	Practical English
1981-1987	Afrikaans Variational Linguistics
1981-1987	Practical Afrikaans
1981-1989	Aspects of Afrikaans Linguistics
1987-1991	Sociology of Language
1994-	Sociolinguistics/Sociology of Language
2002-	Language policy & language rights
2002-	Language planning

6.2	Postgraduate courses

6.2.1	BA Hons
1981-1992	Language Variation
1981-	Language Planning
1981-	Language Politics
1987-	Sociology of Language
1987-	Sociolinguistics
1992-	Language Management
2004-	Language Policy, Language Rights, Language Practice

6.2.2	MA (Course work)
1996-	Sociolinguistics/ Sociology of language
1996-1997	Interpreting theory
1996-1997	Interpreting practice
1996-1997	Encyclopedia of translation/interpreting
1996-	Language politics
	Language planning and language management
2003-	Language policy and language rights

7	Other work experience

7.1	Non-academic
1976-1977		Short-Term Insurance Inspector, Incorporated General Insurances Pty Ltd (IGI)
1977-1980		Branch Manager: Short-Term Insurance, IGI
1991-1992		Director: Educare Centre, Urban Foundation
1992-2002		Partner, Prolingua (Translation agency)

7.2	Research experience
1980-1984		Researcher in the UOFS project of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC): The Afrikaans of the Griquas
1981-1982		Collaborator in the UOFS project: Speech acts
1984-1987		Researcher in the UOFS project of the HSRC: The Afrikaans of the Richtersveld
1983-1984		Collaborator in the UOFS project: Speech acts and literature
1985-1986		Joint leader of the UOFS project: The discourse on Afrikaans. Part 1
1987-1988		Project leader of the Afrikaans Language Fund Project: The discourse on Afrikaans. Part 2
1988-1989		Project leader of the University of Natal (Durban) project: The discourse on Afrikaans. Part 3
1989-1991		Project leader of the University of Namibia project: Language contact and language conflict in Namibia
1999-		Co-promotor of the UOFS/University of Antwerp project: Multilingualism and government (Colloquium and publication series)
2000-2002		Collaborator in the National Research Foundation –(NRF) project: Interpreting at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
2003-		Project leader: SA Language Rights Monitor PANSALB research project

8	Professional membership (incl. office held)

8.1			Academic
1981-1983			Part-time Lecturer in Afrikaans linguistics and research officer in language variation research, Department of Afrikaans & Nederlands (Dutch) (UOFS)
1983-1984			Part-time Lecturer in Afrikaans linguistics and Administrative Officer (Academic Planning) for the Dean, Faculty of Arts, UOFS
1984-1987			Senior Research Officer in language variation research, Department of Afrikaans & Nederlands (Dutch) (UOFS)
1987-1987			Lecturer/Researcher in language variation research, Department of Afrikaans & Nederlands (Dutch) (UOFS)
1987-1989			Lecturer in sociolinguistics, Department of Afrikaans/Nederlands (Dutch) (University of Natal, Durban)
1989-1991			Senior Lecturer, Department of Afrikaans (University of Namibia)
1992-1995			Co-ordinator: Language Facilitation Programme, Department of Linguistics (UOFS)
1995-2002			Senior Lecturer, Department of Linguistics (UOFS) and Director: Unit for Language Facilitation and Empowerment (UOFS)
2003-			Professor in Language Management, Unit for Language Facilitation and Empowerment (ULFE) (UFS).
8.2	Membership

1982-	Names Society of Southern Africa
1985-		Linguistic Society of Southern Africa
1986-		Southern African Applied Linguistics Association
1989-1991		Chairperson: Language Association of Namibia
1989-1991		Member of the Namibian Place Names Committee
1991		Convener of the Free State Language Action Group
1991		Member of the Ad Hoc Committee for a Democratic Language Board
1992		Member of the Board of Trustees, National Language Project (NLP)
1993		Member of the Centre for Education Policy Development (CEPD) working group for Language in Education
1993		Member of the LSSA Task Group on Language Planning
1994		Member of the Language Subcommittee of the Language and Culture Working Group of the Strategic Management Team of the Free State Department of Education
1995		Member of the Task Team for Language Policy of the Stigting vir Afrikaans
1996		Member of the ATKV Cultural Council
1996		Member of ad hoc committee of the State Language Service for the promotion of multilingualism
1996-1997		Member of LANGTAG subcommittee for equal language services
1996-2001		Member of the Pan-South African Language Board (Portfolio: Interpreting)
2000-		Member of Lexicography Association
2004-		Chairman of the UFS Language Committee
2006-		Member International Academy of Linguistic Law

9	Conferences attended (incl. dates)

9.1

National

1982	National specialist congress, Object and Method, of the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, UP. (No paper delivered.)
1982	Summit of the Afrikaans Writers’ Guild. (No paper delivered.)
1982	Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association. (Paper delivered.)
1982	Congress of the South African Applied Linguistics Association. (Attended.)
1982	On the way to a Pan South African Language Board. Pretoria. (Co-organiser.)
1982	Annual Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association. (Paper delivered.)
1983	Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association. (No paper delivered.)
1983	Congress of the Names Society of Southern Africa. (Paper delivered.)
1983	Annual Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association. (Paper delivered.)
1983	Congress of the Cape Professional Teachers’ Union. (Paper delivered.)
1984		Congress of the Southern African Association of Linguists, July, 1984.
1986	“Language and Conflict”, University of Natal. (Organiser.)
1986	Congress of the Afrikaans Writers’ Circle. (Paper delivered.)
1986	Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association. (Paper delivered.)
1986		Seminar on the Afrikaans language movements of the Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association. UCT, Cape Town, July 1985.
1986		Congress of the Cape Professional Teachers’ Association. Kimberley.
1987		Congress of the South African Applied Linguistics Association. (No paper delivered.)
1987		Language summit of the Afrikaans Language Fund. (No paper delivered.)
1987		Congress of the Orange Free State Teachers’ Union. (Paper delivered.)
1987		Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association. (Paper delivered.)
1987		Congress of the Orange Free State Teachers’ Union. Oppermansgronde.
1989		Symposium: “Language policy and the national question”, University of Namibia. (Organiser.)
1989		Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association.
1990		Symposium: "The future of the Namibian languages", Windhoek Teachers' Training College.
1992		UNISA congress on translation. (Attended.)
1992	Symposium: “The future of the Namibian languages”, Windhoek Teachers’ Training College. (Paper delivered.)
1993		Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association. (Attended.)
1993		NIOB Congress on Colloquial Afrikaans. April 1993. (Paper delivered.)
1996		LANGTAG congress. (Co-organiser.)
1996	Annual meeting: South African Translators’ Institute. (Paper delivered.)
1996	Congress of the Western Cape Branch of the South African Translators’ Institute. (Paper delivered.)
1996		Annual Meeting: South African Translators’ Institute, June 1996.
1998		Congress of the Western Cape branch of the South African Translators’ Institute.
1998	Congress of the Department of Education, Culture and Sport, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. (Paper delivered.)
1999	LSSA congress 1999, University of South Africa, Pretoria. (Paper delivered.)
2000		Seminar on Language policy of the PUCHE, Vaaldriehoek Campus. August 2001.
2000		Panel discussion during the Seminar on Civil society, democracy and transformation, University of Pretoria, June 2000.
2000		Second Seminar on Language policy of the PUCHE, Potchefstroom Campus, September 2001.
2002		Annual Conference of the Linguistics Society of Southern Africa, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, July 2002.
2002		Conference on African languages and the Renaissance, University of Pretoria, July 2002.
2003		Colloquium on Language Policy at Historically Afrikaans Universities, Linguistic Society of Southern Africa, 2 July 2003, Rand Afrikaans University. (Organiser.)
2003		PANSALB National Language Policy Framework Workshop, Pretoria, 27 August 2003.
2003		Paper delivered at SASNES Conference, Near Eastern Studies and Africa and other themes, annual conference, University of the Free State, 1-4 September 2003.
2005		Paper delivered at the joint Southern African Applied Linguistics Association and Linguistics Society of Southern Africa conference at Dikhololo, 6 to 8 July 2005.
2005		Paper delivered at the joint Southern African Applied Linguistics Association and Linguistics Society of Southern Africa conference at Dikhololo, 6 to 8 July 2005.
2005		Paper delivered at the Language Summit on mother tongue education, UFS, 12 to 13 August 2005.
2006		Paper delivered at Southern African Applied Linguistics Association and Linguistics Society of Southern Africa Conference at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, 5 to 7 July 2006.

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