Dr Nolubabalo Tyam

Lecturer/language practitioner

Dr Nolubabalo is the Lecturer in the Multilingualism Education Project (MEP) in CHED at the University of Cape Town, where she is also a responsible for the isiXhosa literature competitions and terminology development. She is the former member of the UCT’s Language Policy Task Team. She lectures isiXhosa basic communication skills to the university staff and students at UCT. Her research focus is on second language teaching with special focus on the medical sector; and has presented papers nationally in this regard.

Current Areas of Interest:

· Second Language teaching and learning

· Second language acquisition

· Translation

Teaching

· Xhosa Communication Skills

Research Interest

· Teaching and learning of language for specific purpose

Publications

1. Xhosalising English? Negotiating meaning and identity in Economics

Authors: Paxton, Moragh; Tyam, Nolubabalo

Source: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Volume 28, Number 3, September 2010 , pp. 247-257(11)

2. Pathology Lexicon A-Z: a multilingual glossary app (AJHPE)

Authors: L Govender,1 MB ChB, PG Dip (HPE); J Geitner,2 BCom (Hons); N Tyam,3 BA (Hons), MA; F C J Botha,4 MB ChB, FC (Path) SA Anat; J Yeats,2 MB ChB, FC (Path) SA Viro

Source: Afr J Health Professions Educ 2021;13 (4):212-213. https://doi.org/10.7196/AJHPE.2021. v13i4.1490