Staff: Afrikaans for Education

Ms Chantelle Kruger
Lecturer 018 299 4724 chantelle.kruger@nwu.ac.za Building C6, office 221, PotchefstroomBA, BA Hons, MA, PGCE
Afrikaans linguistics, multilingualism, multilingual education, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics
Dr Corné van der Vyver
Lecturer +27 18 299 4568 corne.vandervyver@nwu.ac.za Building B11, Office G34, Potchefstroom Campus, PotchefstroomBA (Ed), BA Hons in Language Practice, MA in Afrikaans and Netherlands, PhD
Storytelling as teaching strategy
Mr Duncan Ruiters
Lecturer +27 (0)18 299 4726 Duncan.Ruiters@nwu.ac.za Building C6, Office 220, PotchefstroomB.Ed ; BA Hons Afrikaans & Dutch ; MA Afrikaans
Afrikaans Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
Prof Elize Vos
Associate professor 018 299 4783 Elize.Vos@nwu.ac.za Building C6; Office 219, PotchefstroomBA, HED, BA Hons, MA, PhD
Reading motivation, self-directed reading, children’s and youth literature
Prof Elma Marais
Subject Group Leader and Associate Professor: Afrikaans for Education +27 018 299 4725 elma.marais@nwu.ac.za Building C6, Office 229, Potchefstroom Campus, PotchefstroomPhD, MA, BAHons, BEd, PGDIP
Children and Youth Literature, Integration of technology in the Classroom, Teaching Practice, Play pedagogy in the Language Classroom
Ms Florence Coertzen
Lecturer 016 910 3095 Florence.Coertzen@nwu.ac.za Building A16, office 109, VanderbijlparkB.A Language Practice, B.A. Honors in Afrikaans and Dutch, NGOS, M.A. in Afrikaans and Dutch Literature
Language Education

Dr Rochelle Marais-Botha
Deputy Subject group Leader (VC), Programme Leader: BEd Intermediate Phase and Lecturer: Afrikaans for Education +27 016 910 3057 13089277@nwu.ac.za Building 11B, Office 125, Vanderbijlpark Campus, VanderbijlparkBA (cum laude), Hons BA (cum laude), MA, PGCE (cum laude), PhD
Afrikaans prose, film and poetry
Prof Susan Meyer
Associate Professor in Afrikaans 018 299 4723 meyer.susan@nwu.ac.za Building C6, Office 230, PotchefstroomD Litt et Phil
Teaching and learning: Afrikaans literature, Afrikaans for education & Research: Literary analysis and criticism in the field of contemporary Afrikaans literature, with a special interest in the ecocritical approach to texts