MMASERAME HANNAH DAVID

EDUCATION PRACTITIONER LANGUAGE ACTIVIST WRITER TRANSLATOR EDITOR

MHD CV

PLOT 39073, BLOCK 6 +267-******** / 73079834 P. O. Box 479 AAD, Poso House Gaborone, Botswana

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Ms David is an experienced and excellent communicator in the fields of teaching, translating, and writing and editing educational material. She is a creative person who excels at inspiring others. She is also very persuasive with a high level of enthusiasm, which she uses to good e ect in getting people on her side Ms. David actually thrives and enjoys the interaction she gets through working with a team. She likes positive feedback and the lift she gets from the team. She willingly gives recognition for a job well done. Ms David has great enthusiasm, which she smoothly transfers to others who are in turn motivated by this enthusiasm.

ACADEMIC

QUALIFICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Management Development

Programme Africa (MDP)

EDITOR

MAY - DEC/2019

University of Stellenbosch Business

School (RSA)

MA Humanities (Setswana)

Majors: English and Setswana

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

MAR/1999 - DEC/2000

Advanced Diploma in Teaching

English to Students of other

languages (TESOL)

SEP/1994 - OCT/1995

University of Manchester (UK)

FEB/1998 - DEC/1999

University of Pretoria (RSA)

Bachelor of Arts (Humanities)

AUG/1988 - MAY/1991

University of Botswana

Diploma in Secondary Education

Majors: English and Setswana

University of Botswana and Swaziland

AUG/1977 - MAY/1980

Botswana Open University (BOU) / Gaborone / JAN 2005 - 2020 CHIEF TRANSLATOR

Parliament of Botswana (BOU) / Gaborone / OCT 2002 - 2004 Preparing house style book and writing guide for use by Course Developers, part-time writers and part editors in the design and development of course materials.

Receives draft material and carries out a range of editing tasks including checking accuracy of information, presentation, grammar, language style etc.

Reviews final material and authorises preparation for production, checks, signs and verifies correctness of production proofs prior to production. Review course materials and participates in the development of quality control measures and evaluation of effectiveness of material in supporting learners.

Reviews house style and initiates creative innovations to enhance the effectiveness of material in terms of style and presentation Participates in the training of course writers and part time editors. Liases with Course Developers, production staff and writers on the development of house style for BOCODOL.

Responsible for the translation of the Hansard and House of Chiefs Reports from Setswana to English and vice versa by putting Setswana concepts into English to be read with clear understanding by non- Setswana/English speaking public.

Work closely with the Botswana Language Council and the University of Botswana; Department of African Languages on terminology development; research on usage of English and Setswana in general, to help beef up the usage in the Hansard and the House of chiefs reports. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

Certificate in Copy-editing

(Online, Moodle)

University of Cape Town (2013)

Certificate for Distance Education

Practitioners

University of South Africa (UNISA)

(2006)

Certificate in Introduction to

Management

Institute of Development Management

Lesotho (2003)

Our Languages, Our Pride, Diteme tsa

rona, Mokgabo wa Rona

Longman Top Class Setswana Series

for Standard 2

(Botswama multi-lingual booklet), co-

authored; as a member of the

Department of Arts and Culture

Language Committee. (MYSC) Officially

launched at the National Languages Day,

(21 FEB 2014)

- Lokwalo lwa Ngwana

- Lokwalo lwa Morutabana

- Kgogomodumo le Dipolelo tse dingwe

- Motshegaletau le Dipolelo tse dingwe

- Standard 7 English for Botswana

Longman, 2006.

- Rabadia Ratšhatšha (2007) Stellenbosch:

Certificate in Gender Course

University of Pretoria (2010)

LECTURER 1, SETSWANA

Lobatse College of Education (LCE) / Lobatse / OCT 1995 - OCT 2002 Conduct a research on the right phrases and words in Government ministries and other organisations with a view to help the public understand the flow of debates when reading the hansard and the house of Chiefs report

Take overall responsibility for the translation of all speeches delivered in the National Assembly and House of Chiefs.

Responsible for overall Hansard translation of all speeches delivered in the National Assembly and House of Chiefs.

Liases with the Training Coordinator and the Department of Student Placement and Welfare to locate reputable institutions offering good translation courses.

Manages the administrative routine by preparing budget estimates for the Translation Unit within the Editorial Division Co-ordinating the development of Setswana Hansard Manual for Botswana parliament

Setswana Panel member for 2001-2002

Lecturing, assessing and supervising Diploma in Primary Education Teacher Trainees on the following aspects:

Final year projects

Language teaching methodologies

Modern poetry

Prose (Novels and short stories)

Drama

STAFF DEVELOPMENT FELLOW

Molepolole College of Education (MCE) / Molepolole

/ JAN 1993 - OCT 1995

HOD SETSWANA DEPARTMENT

Kgari Sechele Senior Secondary School / Molepolole / JUN 1991 - DEC 1992 Lecturing, assessing and supervising trainees on the following aspects: Teaching practice

Final year projects

Language teaching methodologies

Modern poetry

Prose (Novels and short stories)

Drama

Facilitated Workshops, Tours to

Develop Language learning and

Teaching

African Academy of Languages (ACALAN)

Namibia (2015)

MMASERAME HANNAH DAVID

EDUCATION PRACTITIONER LANGUAGE ACTIVIST WRITER TRANSLATOR EDITOR MHD CV

PLOT 39073, BLOCK 6 +267-******** / 73079834 P. O. Box 479 AAD, Poso House Gaborone, Botswana

adjy6g@r.postjobfree.com

(1-5 Competence; 1-2 Good, 3-4 Very

Good, 5 Excellent)

Ms Word

Internet search, e-mail

Ms Excel,

Power Point

Photoshop

In Design

Lobatse College of Education (LCE) / Lobatse / OCT 1995 - OCT 2002 COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

LANGUAGE SKILLS

REFEREES

MA Setswana dissertation entitled; Pego

ka Patlisiso ya Leboko la Tautona Ngaka

Quett Masire

1. Mr. Eric L. Setabo

Director of Publication Centre (BOU)

E: esetabo@staff.bou.ac.bw

C: +267-******** / 364 6006

2. Mrs. Mosa Sebogodi

HOD Setswana (LCE)

E:adjy6g@r.postjobfree.com

C: +267-********

3. Prof. Herman Batibo

Professor of African

Languages & Literature

(UB)

E: adjy6g@r.postjobfree.com

C: +267-********

University of Pretoria (2000)

Sun Publishers.

- Mainane a Makaya Tsela (2008) Oodi:

Sebilo Publishers.

- Mokwalo o o Lolameng wa Setswana

(2008) Gaborone: Pentagon.

HOD SETSWANA DEPARTMENT /

SETSWANA AND ENGLISH TEACHER

(Mark 1 to 5 competence; 1-2 good, 3-4 very good, 5-excellent) Teaching the following components:

Traditional Literature

Modern poetry

Prose (Novels and short stories)

Drama

Supervising teaching practice

4

4

3

4

3

4

Teaching the following components:

Traditional Literature

Modern poetry

Prose (Novels and short stories)

Drama

Supervising teaching practice

Language Reading Speaking Writing

Setswana 5 5 5

English 4 4 4

MMASERAME HANNAH DAVID

EDUCATION PRACTITIONER LANGUAGE ACTIVIST WRITER TRANSLATOR EDITOR MHD CV

PLOT 39073, BLOCK 6 +267-******** / 73079834 P. O. Box 479 AAD, Poso House Gaborone, Botswana

adjy6g@r.postjobfree.com

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