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Munyane Mophosho
Lecturer in Speech-Language Pathology
University of the Wiwatersrand
Education/Degree:
1 Speech Pathology & Audiology (University of the Witwatersrand)
About
Munyane Mophosho currently works at the University of the Witwatersrand in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, where she is involved in teaching courses on augmentative and alternative communication & academic service learning.Munyane conducts clinical and research supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Her key responsibilities include teaching and supervision of clinical and research activities; course co-ordination. Prior to this Munyane worked as a speech and hearing therapist in a public hospital and, a school for children with cerebral palsy.
Current Work
In 2018, Munyane sole-authored paper on training of Speech and hearing professional was accepted for publication in AJHPE, titled “Speech-language therapy consultation practices in multilingual and multicultural health care contexts: thoughts about current training in South Africa”. This viewpoint paper was emphasizing that academic curricula and the clinical practice of speech-language and audiology students and professionals should transform the way in which they apply theoretical knowledge when treating speech and hearing disorders in a multilingual and multicultural context.In addition, a paper she co-authored with a colleague on transformation of the profession was publishes in the SAJCD, Khoza-Shangase, K. & Mophosho, M. (2018). Language and culture in Speech-Language and Hearing Professions in South Africa: The dangers of a single story. The viewpoint paper makes recommendations about what needs to happen within the SLH professions in South Africa in order to stay safe from the dangers of a single story. This paper invited debate in order to allow for constructive engagement with this complex issue within the South African SLH professions.
Research Area Keyword(s)
critical diversity literacy, health interactions, Multicultural, multilingual context, Speech-language service delivery