Position
Senior Lecturer: Speech-Language Pathology
Academic Qualifications
BA
HED Guidance
BA Honours (Applied Linguistics - African Languages)
MA (African Languages)
TEFLA
D. Phil (Linguistics)
Current Subjects
Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Articulatory Phonetics; Acoustic Phonetics; Language Acquisition; Phonological Awareness; Phonological Awareness and Literacy Acquisition; Second Language Learning and Teaching.
Academic and Professional Membership
Member - Linguistic Society of Southern Africa
Member - African Languages Association of South Africa
Task Team Member - Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) - Language and Culture: Speech Therapy
Research Interests
Phonological Awareness and Literacy Acquisition
Assessment of English Additional Language Learners
Verbal Working Memory in Second Language Reading Comprehension
Acquisition of Afrikaans Segmental Phonology
Cross Linguistic Processing
Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Papers
- Le Roux, M., & Le Roux, J. C. (2008). Towards an acoustic assessment of Setswana vowels. South African Journal of African Languages, 28(2), 156-71.
- Groenewald, T., & Le Roux, M. (2009). Semantic and metaphoric reflection on the training of decentralised staff responsible for supporting students in terms of work-integrated learning: A distance education university scenario. Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 10(2), 121-40.
- Le Roux, M. (2012). An acoustic comparison: Setswana vowels versus the cardinal vowels. South African Journal of African Languages, 32(2), 175-80.
- Le Roux, M., & Geertsema, S. (2014). Fonologiese uitvalle: Ondersteuning vir Tweedetaalleerders. Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, 54(1), 96-110.
- van der Merwe, A., & Le Roux, M. (2014). Idiosyncratic characteristics of the sound systems of the South African Bantu languages: Research and clinical implications for speech-language pathologists and audiologists. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 61(1), 1-8.
- Fyvie, L., Anderson, J., Kruger, C-J., Le Roux, M., & van der Linde, J. (2016). The outcome of a developmental screening tool (PEDS) in English and Northern Sotho: A comparative study. Language Matters, 47(3), 415-26.
- Le Roux, M., Prinsloo, D., Jordaan, H., & Geertsema, S. (2017). Phonemic awareness skills of English second language learners. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 64(1), 1-9.
- Geertsema, S., & Le Roux, M. (2017). Persoonlike klankversterking vir 'n onderwyser met stemprobleme. LitNet Akademies Jaargang, 14(1), 60-86.
- van der Merwe, M., Cilliers, M., Mare, C., van der Linde, J., & Le Roux, M. (2017). Evaluation of a Zulu translation of the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status. African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 9(1), 1-6.
- Morrish, T., Nesbitt, A., Le Roux, M., Zsilavecz, U. L., & van der Linde, J. (2017). Sounds affecting the moment of stuttering in multilingualism: A case study. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 38(3), 154-60.
- Jones, G., van der Merwe, A., van der Linde, J., & le Roux, M. (2018). Development of a Setswana tonal minimal pair word list as research tool. South African Journal of African Languages, 38(2), 127-35.
Contact Details
Room 3.1-1
Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, Communication Pathology Building
Tel: (012) 420 2381
Email: [email protected]
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