Department of African Languages

Dr NG Mbatha (IsiZulu)

College of Human Sciences
School of Arts
Department: African Languages
Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 6130
E-mail: embathng@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)

Currently teaching

  • AFL1502
  • AFL2603
  • ZUL2607

Fields of academic interests

  • Teaching and learning of African languages at tertiary level
  • Education Classroom Pedagogies

Field of Specialisation

  • Linguistics and literature
  • Sociolinguistics

Journal articles

  • Mbatha, N.G., Mandende, I.P., Rwodzi, C. & Makgato M.M. 2021.  Exploring the attitudes of isiZulu first language students towards learning Sepedi as an additional language at university level. South African Journal of African Languages, 41:2, 179-186, DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2021.1948220

Paper presentations

Conference proceedings:

  • Annual National Doctoral Conference: A survey of non-isiZulu students’ attitudes towards learning isiZulu as a third language in a university level.
    Hosted by NIHSS, 1 – 3 November 2022.