Degrees Held
- PhD Wits University 2007
- MEd University of Botswana 2001
- A. Honours University of Zimbabwe 1993
- A. University of Zimbabwe 1992
Research Interests
- Critical Discourse Analysis
- Language Policy
- Narratives in Education
Teaching Interests
- Narratives in Education
- Using literary theories to study literary texts
- Multilingualism and Multiliteracies
- Language Policy and Language Planning
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
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Journal Articles
- Pillay, A., Khosa, M., Sheik, A., Campbell, B., Mthembu, B., & Nyika, N. (2021). How Home Contexts of South African University Students Shape their Experiences of Emergency Remote Teaching and Learning . Student Success, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.1779
- Nyika, N. (2014) Discourses of ethnicity in Zimbabwe: deliberative democracy or Online misogyny? Language Matters, 45: 3, 342-359
- Nyika, N. & Van Zyl, S. (2013). Form attitudes and practices to policy: Reflections on the results of two rounds of a large-scale study of language attitudes and practices at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. South African Journal of Higher Education, 27 (3)
- Nyika, N. (2012). Book review: The politics of language and nation building in Zimbabwe by Finex Ndlovu. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 30(1): 125-129.
- Nyika, N. (2010). Media coverage as an instrument of language rights activism: The case of Hoerskool Ermelo. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 28(1): 89-97
- Nyika, N. (2009). ‘Language complaints as an instrument of language rights activism: The case of Pan SALB as a guardian of the right to mother-tongue education ‘, Language matters, 40: 2, 239-260
- Makoni S., Makoni B. and Nyika N. (2008). Language planning from below: The case of The Tonga in Zimbabwe. Current issues in language planning 9(4): 413-439.
- Nyika, N. (2008). Our languages are equally important: Struggles for the revitalisation of the minority languages I Zimbabwe. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 26(4): 457-470.
- Nyika, N. (2008). Language activism in Zimbabwe: Grassroots mobilization Collaborations and action. Language Matters 39(1): 3-17
- Nyika, N. (2007). Grassroots initiatives for the intellectualization of the minority Languages of Zimbabwe: Challenges and prospects. International Journal of learning 14 (4): 223-230
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Teaching Expertise
- PhD Wits University 2007
- MEd University of Botswana 2001
- A. Honours University of Zimbabwe 1993
- A. University of Zimbabwe 1992
Student Supervision
Honours
Masters
PhD
Honours
- Keneiloe Rosetta Modise Completed 2018 Topic: Critical encounters in English classrooms: Exploring social justice issues using literary texts
- Ishana Naidoo Completed 2018 Topic Barriers to Learning English as a Second Language: The Case of FET learners.
- Sabelo Ndlovu Completed 2018 Topic: An investigation into the strategies of teaching reading to learners doing English as a first additional language at secondary school: A case study of a single school in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
- Nompumelelo Buthelezi Completed 2018 Topic: An investigation into the effects of the transition from using home language as medium of instruction to using English in South African rural primary schools.
- Minenhle Zungu Completed 2018 Topic: Reading in deprived context schools: an investigation into the approaches to teaching reading implemented by English FAL teachers.
Masters
- Forget Nyuwani – 2020: An exploration of the experiences of grade 12 English first additional language learners taught using English as a medium of instruction in a rural South African secondary school: A case study.
- Zanele Hadebe – 2020: Using J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999) to teach and learn about gender and racial violence in a South African language classroom.
PhD
- Nicholas Sithole – 2020: From Policy to Practice: A Study of Zimbabwe’s New Constitutional Provisions on Language in Selected Teacher Education Institutions.
