CV: Henk Louw

Curriculum Vitae (Abridged for Web)

  1. General information

Title, name and surname: / Dr. Henk Louw
Date of birth: / 21/02/1981
Citizenship: / RSA
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  1. Contact details

Organisation where based: / North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus
Faculty or School: / School of Languages
Work telephone number: / 018 299 1049
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Cell phone number: / optional
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Work physical address: / Office 110, Building F4, Potchefstroom Campus
  1. Qualifications (Start with most recent)

Qualification type: / Ph.D
Field of study: / Applied Linguistics
Institution: / North-West University
Year obtained: / 2011
Qualification type: / MA
Field of study: / Applied Linguistics
Institution: / North-West University
Year obtained: / 2006
  1. Employment history(From current backwards. Not more than five)

Position: / Organisation / Appointed from – to:
Lecturer / North-West University / 2004
  1. Research expertise

Scientific domain: / Applied Linguistics
Main research field: / L2 student writing
Fields of specialisation: / Feedback on L2 student writing
The use of educational technologies in Academic Literacy
NRF rating and year rated: / Not rated yet.
  1. Publications (List publications over the last three years)

International publications:
National publications: /
  1. LOUW, H. 2007. Moving to more than editing: standardised feedback in practice. Ensovoort, 11(2)83-104.
  1. LOUW, H. 2008. The effectiveness of standardised feedback when L2 students revise writing. Language Matters, 39(1) p. 88-109.
  1. SPENCE, B. & LOUW, H. 2008. Theory versus implementation: First-world technology in a third-world teaching context. Language Matters, 39(1) p. 110-126.
  1. LOUW, H. 2008. Moving to more than editing: standardised feedback in practice. Ensovoort, 11(2)83-104.
  1. LOUW, H. 2009. Moving to more than editing – a checklist for effective feedback. Journal for Language Teaching 43(2).
  1. LOUW, H. and VAN ROOY, BERTUS. 2010. Yes/No/Maybe: A Boolean attempt at feedback. Accepted by the Journal for Language Teaching. 44(1)

  1. Papers delivered (List papers over the last three years)

International papers: /
  1. The ‘International Conference of Corpus Linguistics’ in Birmingham, England in July 2005: Really too very much – Adverbial intensifiers in BSAE. (Expanded and reworked version of above-mentioned paper.)
  2. The ‘Conference of the International Association of World Englishes’ in West-Lafayette (Purdue University) in July 2005: Linking research and practice: using corpus techniques to provide better feedback

National papers: /
  1. The LSSA-conference in Johannesburg, July 2003. Adverbial Intensifiers in BSAE.
  2. LSSA conference, July 2007 in Potchefstroom: “The teacher as spell checker: moving to more than editing.”
  3. Tukkie Forum on Innovation in Teaching, September 2008: “Your best marking assistant ever.”
  4. LSSA Conference, September 2009, in Cape Town: “Prokireurs hoef nie te kan skreif nie – die herontwikkeling van ‘n taalvaardigheidskursus vir regstudente.” Dual presentation with Adri Breed of the North-WestUniversity.
  5. LSSA Conference, September 2009, in Cape Town: “Yes/No/Maybe: A Boolean attempt at feedback.”
  6. Scientific writing in a multilingual university context. Workshop at the University of Limpopo, Polokwane, January 2010: “Overcoming the obstacles in multilingualism faced at the NWU”.
  7. The LSSA conference at Unisa, September 2010: “yes, Yes, YES! (Or “How to mark essays with strategic ‘yes’ or ‘no’
  8. The LSSA conference at Unisa, September 2010: “Your best marking assistant ever: A practical attempt to establish writing across the curriculum.”
  9. The LSSA conference at Unisa, September 2010, with Mostert, A and Hattingh, K.: Language change in the development of NWU student’s academic literacy: from subtractive to additive bilingualism.