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'''The Makerere University Institute of Languages''' is part of [http://mak.ac.ug/ Makerere University].
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'''The School of Languages, Literature and Communication''' is one of the Schools in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, [http://mak.ac.ug/ Makerere University].
  
[[Image:MUIL-2.JPG|thumb|250px||right| The Institute of Languages]]
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[[Image:MUIL-2.JPG|thumb|450px||right| The Upper Block of the School of Languages, Literature and Communication]]
  
==Mission==
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The School has 5 departments, but the former Institute of Languages transformed into three departments: The Department of African Languages, The Department of European and Oriental Languages and the Department of Linguistics, English Language Studies and Communication.
'''To train for academic excellence through the enhancement of linguistic competence and communication proficiency for authentic, national and international development.'''
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===African Languages Department===
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This Department is headed by Dr Gilbert Gumoshabe
  
==Background==
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E-mail: gumoshabegilbert@gmail.com or gumoshabe@chuss.mak.ac.ug
  
The Institute of Languages dates back to the late 1950s when French was introduced as a degree course under, what was then, the Department of English. In the early 1960s German followed as a voluntary subject until 1967 when it became a degree course.  
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The languages taught in the department are Luganda, Runyakitara (i.e. Runyoro-Rutooro and Runyakore-Rukiga), Lwo, and Swahili
  
In 1968, a non-governmental organisation, "Survey of Language Use and Language Teaching in East Africa" sponsored by the Ford Foundation studied the situation of the indigenous languages of Uganda. As a follow-up of the study, the organisation saw the need to establish a Department of Linguistics and African Languages at the University. A proposal was made to the University and was accepted. Dr. Myers Carol Scotton, a Linguist, was recruited as the first lecturer in Linguistics and African Languages in 1968.
 
  
In July 1974, the Department of Languages as an administrative unit was created by the University Council. It comprised the subjects/sections of Linguistics and African Languages, French, German, Russian, Arabic and English Language Studies (ELS). The late Pio Zirimu was appointed the substantive Head of Department.
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====Luganda====
  
The basic principle behind the creation of the Department of Languages was to provide an official academic venue where European languages, Linguistics and African languages would be taught and promoted.  
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The Luganda as a subject was introduced in 1976. The Institute of Languages offers a Bachelor of Arts (Arts) and a Bachelor of Arts (Education) degree in Luganda. Luganda is taught in combination with two other subjects (of one's choice) for a BA (A) degree, and one other subject for a BA (Education). In addition students of Journalism and Communication and Library and Information science opt for this language.  
  
Today, the Ugandan Languages taught at the Institute are: Luganda, Runyakitara (i.e. Runyoro-Rutooro and Runyakore-Rukiga), Luo and Kiswahili.
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Although the Institute has a decade long experience in teaching Luganda, we still faces great challenges: Luganda is not yet well described and documented; in addition we still lack the digital language resources to facilitate this work.
Lusoga-Lugwere-Lukenyi, Lumasaaba-Lusamia-Lunyole, Lugbarati-Madi and Ateso-Karimojong are planned to be introduced.
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The Institute of Languages is a center of research for all other Uganda languages.
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=====Job opportunities=====
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Opportunities for possible employment include work as teacher, interpreter and translator, as well as work in media, publishing, social work and administration.
  
In 1994, the University Council approved the proposal to elevate the Department to the status of an Institute with effect from January 1995.
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=====Luganda Subject Coordinator=====
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'''Contact''':  [[User:Medadi_Erisa_Ssentanda|Medadi Ssentanda (PhD)]], Room LB 27, Tel: +256782 333669
  
A common  way to refer to the Institute is as Makerere University Institute of Languages (MUIL). Although the Institute is still part of the Faculty of Arts, it is working towards full autonomy. The Institute also administers the teaching of Communication Skills as a subject in the Institute but also as a University-wide subject. Secretarial Studies and Social Anthropology are also taught in the Institute. These were started in the academic year 1996/97. In 1998 a fully fledged Bachelors Degree in Secretarial Studies was introduced.  
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E-mail: ssentanda@chuss.mak.ac.ug or medadies@gmail.com
COURSES AND/OR SUBJECTS OFFERED AT THE INSTITUTE
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BACHELOR OF SECRETARIAL STUDIES PROGRAMME
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Introduction
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This course was set up to meet the needs of managerial, administrative and secretarial personnel in public offices. On completion of the course, graduates are equipped with concepts, methods, techniques and tools that allow them to contribute towards the competitiveness of government ministries, international organisations and the private sector. The course structure and content are based on the 21st Century's need to produce highly trained skills oriented graduates as set out in the Education Review Report and Government White Paper.  
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The course first focuses on enabling students to enhance their practical skills and widen their intellectual scope to cope with the demands of a Public Office. It then focuses on helping students to acquire efficient communication skills needed in all aspects of life.
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====Runyakitara====
Throughout the course there is emphasis on the production of bilingual or multilingual personnel who can provide translation and interpretation skills when needed.
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==Luganda==  
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=====Background=====
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Runyakitara is one of the subjects offered at the Institute of Languages, where it was introduced as a subject in 1990. Runyakitara is a name given to the four major dialects found in Western Uganda namely Runyoro, Rutooro, Runyankore and Rukiga.
  
The Luganda as a subject was introduced in 1976. The Institute of Languages offers a Bachelor of Arts (Arts) and Bachelor of Arts (Education) degree in Luganda. Luganda is taught in combination with two other subjects.
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Runyakitara is a subject for a Bachelor of Arts Degree. It is offered in a combination with two other subjects.  
Graduates have competed favourably both locally and internationally, especially in the area of education, translation services, publishing and the media. However,new social and economical challenges as well as advances in language technology and the effect of globalisation ask for new answers.
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Although the Institute has a decade long experience in teaching Luganda we still face great challenges. Luganda is still not satisfactorily studied, digital language resources are very limited and overall Lugandas is not yet well described and documented.  
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To offer Runyakitara as a subject was based on the following considerations:
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* Runyakitara is linguistically under-described and lacks language resources in form of written and digital material.,
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* There is a high demand for people being educated in Runyakitara,  
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* There is a high demand for educational and other resources written in Runyakitara, such as: textbooks, dictionaries, information and written material for tourists.
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=====Job opportunities=====
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Opportunities for possible employment include work as teacher, interpreter and translator, as well as work in media, publishing, social work and administration.
  
====Objectives====
 
* To enable students of Luganda to fully acquire the four language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening
 
* To equip students with language description, analysis, documentation and language planning skills
 
* To equip language teachers with adequate knowledge and content to handle the subject of Luganda
 
* To promote interdisciplinarity within the department and the entire University
 
  
====Job opportunities====
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=====Runyakitara subject Coordinator=====
Opportunities for possible employment include education, interpretation and translation, the media, publishing, social work and administration.
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'''contact''': [[user:Allen_Asiimwe|Allen Asiimwe (PhD)]], LB 27; Phone: +256776846984
  
==Runyakitara==
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E-mail: asiimwea94@gmail.com or a.asiimwe@chuss.mak.ac.ug
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====Background====  
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===Swahili===
Runyakitara which was started in 1990, is one of the subjects offered at the Institute of Languages. Runyakitara is a name given to the four major dialects found in Western Uganda namely Runyoro, Rutooro, Runyankore and Rukiga.  
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Swahili is one of the languages taught int he department of African Languages.  
Runyakitara is a language subject for a Bachelor of Arts Degree. It is offered in a combination with two other subjects.  
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For details please contact the ===Subject Coordinator=== Dr Innocent Masengo on Email: kazises@gmail.com or innomase2@chuss.mak.ac.ug Tel. +256772966126.
To offer Runyakitara as a subject is based on the following considerations:
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* Runyakitara is linguistically under-described and lacks language resources in from of written and digital material.,
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* There is a high demand on people being educated in Runyakitara,
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* There is a high demand for educational and other resources in Runyakitara, such as: textbooks, dictionaries, information and written material for tourists.  
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====Aims and objectives of the subject====
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===Lwo===  
Based on these considerations, the aim of Runyakitara as as subject is to train students and help them develop the following:
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* sound linguistic description
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* teaching of an indigenous language
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* translation studies
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====Job opportunities====
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Opportunities for possible employment include education, interpretation and translation, the media, publishing, social work and administration.
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==LWO SUBJECT==  
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The Lwo family of languages consists of several dialects like Acholi, Lango, Dhopadhola, Alur and Kumam.
 
The Lwo family of languages consists of several dialects like Acholi, Lango, Dhopadhola, Alur and Kumam.
  
 
The language family has a large number of speakers not only in Uganda but also in Kenya, Tanzania and Sudan; thus making it an important regional language.
 
The language family has a large number of speakers not only in Uganda but also in Kenya, Tanzania and Sudan; thus making it an important regional language.
  
Native speakers of Lwo will increase their linguistic skills and deepen their understanding of Lwo as a vehicle of development and culture.
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=====Lwo Subject Coordinator=====
Even beginners or non-native speakers of Lwo will learn an exciting new language and broaden their perspective by interacting with people from a variety of Lwo cultures.
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Ms Jane Alowo, Office LB 35; Phone: +256702507937
Graduates of Lwo are on high demand to work as administrators, researchers, journalists, translators, editors, publishers, writers, teachers, development workers, extension workers, community mobilisers, in political and other people- oriented jobs.
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===Communication Skills===
==COMMUNICATION SKILLS==  
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Communication Skills (CSK) is an interdisciplinary course that draws on insights from a number of disciplines in the Arts and Social Sciences like English, Mass Communication, Sociology, Psychology, History, Literature and others to help develop your knowledge on how people communicate.
 
Communication Skills (CSK) is an interdisciplinary course that draws on insights from a number of disciplines in the Arts and Social Sciences like English, Mass Communication, Sociology, Psychology, History, Literature and others to help develop your knowledge on how people communicate.
  
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Graduates of communication skills are therefore trained to work in any organisation that deals with people and requires knowledge of communication and information technology.
 
Graduates of communication skills are therefore trained to work in any organisation that deals with people and requires knowledge of communication and information technology.
  
==ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES SUBJECT (ELS)==
 
====Introduction====
 
English Language Studies (ELS) is one of the subjects offered in the Institute of Languages both at undergraduate and graduate level. The general objectives of this course are:
 
* To cultivate a linguistic awareness of the English language through the application of linguistic theories and techniques, as well as through comparisons of English and the more familiar Ugandan languages.
 
*To provide an opportunity for the study of English as a second language within a typical multilingual and multicultural setting of which Uganda is one example.
 
  
English is, without doubt, the number one language of the world. It is spoken, used and understood by billions all over the world. Indeed there are very few things one can do in the world today without knowledge of English. It is the language of academic scholarship, the language of international diplomacy and conferences, and it is also the official language of Uganda. The mastery of English at university level offers one a broad range of employment opportunities - both nationally and internationally - difficult to be surpassed by many other subjects.
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=====Communication Skills Subject Coordinator=====
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'''Contact''': Dr Levis Mugumya, Room UB 15, Tel: +256 772475807
  
Due to the position of English, both globally and nationally, ELS remains one of the most popular subjects in the Institute of Languages. Graduates of the subject have readily been absorbed locally in such diverse fields as the civil service, the teaching profession, publishing and the mass media.
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E-mail: lmugumya@gmail.com
  
==THE SUBJECT OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY==  
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===English Language Studies(ELS)===
  
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English Language Studies (ELS) is one of the subjects offered in the Department of Linguistics, English Language and Communication Skills.
  
==MAKERERE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES PROJECTS OFFICE==
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=====English Language Subject Coordinator=====
Besides academics, the Institute of Languages provides since 1992 a number of services to a wide range of both local and foreign clients through its '''Projects Unit'''. This Institute draws on the language expertise of its members of staff and professionals to render different services in its projects unit.  
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'''Contact:'''
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Justus Turamyomwe, Room LB 12, Tel +256 782962178
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E-mail: justomwe@ahoo.co.uk
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===German Language===
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The Coordinator for the German Language:
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William Wagaba (PhD)
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wwagaba@yahoo.com
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===French Language===
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French as a subject is taught at both advanced and Beginner levels.
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The Coordinator for French subject is Ms Sarah Kawungeezi.
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===Centre for Language and Communication Services===
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The Centre for Language and Communication Services Communication https://clcs.mak.ac.ug/ provides a number of services to a wide range of both local and foreign clients. This Institute draws on the language expertise of its members of staff and professionals to render services.  
 
The unit is run by a remarkably Dedicated Projects Management Committee that markets and supervises services in the areas of:
 
The unit is run by a remarkably Dedicated Projects Management Committee that markets and supervises services in the areas of:
 
* Teaching Languages: English, Kiswahilli, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese and local languages, Luganda, Runyakitara, Lwo etc.  
 
* Teaching Languages: English, Kiswahilli, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese and local languages, Luganda, Runyakitara, Lwo etc.  
 
* Translation and Interpretation services
 
* Translation and Interpretation services
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* Certification for English Language Proficiency
  
The Institute offers translation and interpretation services from and into both indigenous Ugandan/African and foreign languages. These include: Lwo, Luganda, Lusoga, Lumasaaba, Kiswahili, English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, etc.
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'''The Coordinator of the Centre for Language is Dr Florence Bayiga'''
 
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====Services====
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=====Tailor-made course modules for =====
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* Effective public speaking
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* Leadership at work
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* Business communication and interpersonal relationships
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* Business and formal letter writing
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* Report writing
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* Editing and proofreading
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* Information research and documentation
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* Public relations and team work building
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* English Language Profiency Certificates
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The Institute of Languages is the only place in Uganda that offers internationally recognised certificates of proficiency in English. This is an important service since most universities abroad require submission of proof of proficiency in English from students or applicants who are not native speakers of English language.
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The School of Languages, Literature and Communication is one of the Schools in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University.

The Upper Block of the School of Languages, Literature and Communication

The School has 5 departments, but the former Institute of Languages transformed into three departments: The Department of African Languages, The Department of European and Oriental Languages and the Department of Linguistics, English Language Studies and Communication.

African Languages Department

This Department is headed by Dr Gilbert Gumoshabe

E-mail: gumoshabegilbert@gmail.com or gumoshabe@chuss.mak.ac.ug

The languages taught in the department are Luganda, Runyakitara (i.e. Runyoro-Rutooro and Runyakore-Rukiga), Lwo, and Swahili


Luganda

The Luganda as a subject was introduced in 1976. The Institute of Languages offers a Bachelor of Arts (Arts) and a Bachelor of Arts (Education) degree in Luganda. Luganda is taught in combination with two other subjects (of one's choice) for a BA (A) degree, and one other subject for a BA (Education). In addition students of Journalism and Communication and Library and Information science opt for this language.

Although the Institute has a decade long experience in teaching Luganda, we still faces great challenges: Luganda is not yet well described and documented; in addition we still lack the digital language resources to facilitate this work.

Job opportunities

Opportunities for possible employment include work as teacher, interpreter and translator, as well as work in media, publishing, social work and administration.

Luganda Subject Coordinator

Contact: Medadi Ssentanda (PhD), Room LB 27, Tel: +256782 333669

E-mail: ssentanda@chuss.mak.ac.ug or medadies@gmail.com

Runyakitara

Background

Runyakitara is one of the subjects offered at the Institute of Languages, where it was introduced as a subject in 1990. Runyakitara is a name given to the four major dialects found in Western Uganda namely Runyoro, Rutooro, Runyankore and Rukiga.

Runyakitara is a subject for a Bachelor of Arts Degree. It is offered in a combination with two other subjects.

To offer Runyakitara as a subject was based on the following considerations:

  • Runyakitara is linguistically under-described and lacks language resources in form of written and digital material.,
  • There is a high demand for people being educated in Runyakitara,
  • There is a high demand for educational and other resources written in Runyakitara, such as: textbooks, dictionaries, information and written material for tourists.
Job opportunities

Opportunities for possible employment include work as teacher, interpreter and translator, as well as work in media, publishing, social work and administration.


Runyakitara subject Coordinator

contact: Allen Asiimwe (PhD), LB 27; Phone: +256776846984

E-mail: asiimwea94@gmail.com or a.asiimwe@chuss.mak.ac.ug

Swahili

Swahili is one of the languages taught int he department of African Languages. For details please contact the ===Subject Coordinator=== Dr Innocent Masengo on Email: kazises@gmail.com or innomase2@chuss.mak.ac.ug Tel. +256772966126.

Lwo

The Lwo family of languages consists of several dialects like Acholi, Lango, Dhopadhola, Alur and Kumam.

The language family has a large number of speakers not only in Uganda but also in Kenya, Tanzania and Sudan; thus making it an important regional language.

Lwo Subject Coordinator

Ms Jane Alowo, Office LB 35; Phone: +256702507937

Communication Skills

Communication Skills (CSK) is an interdisciplinary course that draws on insights from a number of disciplines in the Arts and Social Sciences like English, Mass Communication, Sociology, Psychology, History, Literature and others to help develop your knowledge on how people communicate.

Communication skills prepares the students for the information age. The students will learn how to acquire, store, manipulate and use information effectively. The students will be equipped with principles that will inform their understanding of varied audiences and enable them to interact effectively with individuals and technologies. They will also learn how to process information using different media and how to create meaning about the world in a broad range of professional contexts. In addition they will acquire the essential communication skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, as well as critical thinking and analytical skills that are fundamental for all University Courses. A graduate of Communication Skills can be employed in virtually any position in the modern world that depends on information.

With a background in Communication Skills, students can excel in position of marketing, sales, advertising, public relations, development communication, journalism, interactive media, design and production, personnel administration, training, consulting, academics, research and many others.

Graduates of communication skills are therefore trained to work in any organisation that deals with people and requires knowledge of communication and information technology.


Communication Skills Subject Coordinator

Contact: Dr Levis Mugumya, Room UB 15, Tel: +256 772475807

E-mail: lmugumya@gmail.com

English Language Studies(ELS)

English Language Studies (ELS) is one of the subjects offered in the Department of Linguistics, English Language and Communication Skills.

English Language Subject Coordinator

Contact: Justus Turamyomwe, Room LB 12, Tel +256 782962178

E-mail: justomwe@ahoo.co.uk

German Language

The Coordinator for the German Language: William Wagaba (PhD) wwagaba@yahoo.com


French Language

French as a subject is taught at both advanced and Beginner levels.

The Coordinator for French subject is Ms Sarah Kawungeezi.

Centre for Language and Communication Services

The Centre for Language and Communication Services Communication https://clcs.mak.ac.ug/ provides a number of services to a wide range of both local and foreign clients. This Institute draws on the language expertise of its members of staff and professionals to render services. The unit is run by a remarkably Dedicated Projects Management Committee that markets and supervises services in the areas of:

  • Teaching Languages: English, Kiswahilli, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese and local languages, Luganda, Runyakitara, Lwo etc.
  • Translation and Interpretation services
  • Certification for English Language Proficiency

The Coordinator of the Centre for Language is Dr Florence Bayiga