Kgomotso Ambitious Theledi

I am a Senior lecturer at the Department of African Languages at the University of Witwatersrand. I joined the institution in March 2019. I am lecturing 2nd Year students- Sound and Sound System of African Languages, 3rd Year - Structure and Meaning of words and Sentences in African Languages, AFRL 4007 Honours – Approved topic in Linguistics, and AFRL 3001 – Comparative Studies in African Languages. Supervising Honours, M.A., and PhD students in Language and Linguistics in African Languages

My other involvements I was head of the Department of African Languages in 2020 - 2022 where I was involved and participated in many committees such as • Member of the School ethical clearance committee at Wits.

• Member of SLLM - Executive Committee at Wits.

• Member of Research Entity: SLLM Research and PG Committee at Wits

• Member of the Faculty Board at Wits

• Member of SLLM – Executive Committee at Wits.

I have successfully supervised postgraduate students: • PhD student - Topic: Bolemogi jwa diponagalo tsa ditumisapuo mo tokofatsong ya dipuiso tsa Setswana (Prosodic features awareness in comprehending Setswana readings, (Passed in 2022).

PhD student at NWU- Topic: Thutiso le ithuto ya Setswana mo tikologong e e Dipuontsi ya Sedika sa Frances Baard mo Porofenseng ya kapa-Bokone, Aforikaborwa): Patlisiso ya Tobiso (Teaching and learning of Setswana in a multilingual environment of Frances Baard District in Northern Cape, South Africa): A case study (Waiting for final results from external examiners, 2023)

• MA student -The topic: Development of Northern Sotho Linguistic Terminology for Higher Education in South Africa, (Passed with distinction in 2020).

• MA student - Topic: A comparison of Three Northern Sotho dialects for possible inclusion into Standardized writing language form (Passed in 2020)

• MA student -Topic: Khilovedu corpus planning and orthography in Higher Education in South Africa, (Passed in 2020)

• MA student - The topic: Tlhotlhomiso ya Morero wa Kolonifatso ya metsi mo Ditlhangweng tsa Setswana mo Aforikaborwa: Molebo wa Botswa-Bokoloniale (The investigation of Setswana Literature themes on Hydro-colonialism in South African: Post-colonialism approach. (Passed in 2021).

• MA student- Topic: The challenges of Language Assessment in a multilingual environment: The case of Sesotho Language in Naledi High School and Mafori Mphahlele High School in Soweto. (Passed in May 2023).

• Honours student - Topic: “Re tla hlakana teng”: The impact of multilingualism on Sesotho learners in Soweto, (Passed with distinction in 2020)

• Honours student – Topic: Differences in Grade 4 Literature achievement between using isi-Zulu and English as Language of instruction at Nkabinde Primary School, (Passed in 2020).

• Honours student- Topic: Ditshitso tsa ho ruta le ho ithuta Sesotho sekolong sa Mathomo se Mahaeng (Challenges of teaching and learning Sesotho at Primary School in rural area), (Passed in 2021).

• Honours student - Topic: Investigation in learning and teaching Sesotho Home Language at Phumulani Secondary School in Katlehong Township, (Honours- Passed in 2021).

• Honours student - Topic: The Marginalization of Rural women in South Africa, (Passed in 2021).

• Honours student - Topic: An investigation on how Language Practice can be Afro-centralized at the University of Witwatersrand, (Passed with distinction in 2022).

I was appointed as an external examiner for thesis and dissertations at UJ and UP in 2022, External moderator for NWU SETM 322 in 2021 and 2022, a promoter for 2 PhD students at NWU in 2022 and 2023, a discussant for PhD proposals at the UJ and UP in 2022 and appointed as an Internal reader for PhD and MA Research Dissertation in Department of Translation and interpreting at Wits in 2022 and 2023.

I have been collaborating with other colleagues from other departments where we write papers and chapters for publication. I have presented several papers online and face-to-face internationally and locally, e.g., at UNISA, and BAALA conferences in Vanderbiljpark, University of Botswana, Turkey. I have reviewed papers, book chapters and ethics applications for SLLM ethics applications, SAJAL, and Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Journal. I am an editor of Frontiers in Communication Journal. Currently, I am working with other colleagues in the BlindSA project for phone development in isiZulu.

Previously I worked as a Setswana subject specialist (FET) in the North-west Department of Basic Education in Bojanala District where I have written prescribed books for Grade 7 - 9 learners and educators books. I was a Chief Examiner for National and Provincial Setswana Home Language and Third Language Grade 12 Paper 2 from 1999 – 2010.