Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla
Biographic Data
| ID | 4150162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sibusiso Clifford |
| FAMILY NAME | Ndlangamandla |
| SIGNATURE | NDLANGAMANDLA S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5259-9711 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Instrument adaptation for measuring early child language development across multilingual and sociocultural diverse settings
This article describes the adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) for South Africa's 11 official spoken languages. The CDI is a parent-report tool that measures early language development from 8 to 30 months. We developed cross-linguistically comparable CDIs, representing two distinct language families, West Germanic and southern Bantu, using a common protocol. We describe our approach to item construction and…
A Crosslinguistic Study of Gesture and Lexical Development in South African Infants
This study compares early gesture and lexical development in 1,199 infants (0;8–1;6) across South Africa’s 11 official spoken languages using the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Gestures. We examined the effect of age, sex, ecological (urban-rural) setting, and maternal level of education (MLE) on early language development. Age was a significant predictor of gesture, comprehension, and production. There was no evid…
Misconceptions, Misalignments, and Mismatches
There are mismatches between ontologies of language and languaging, on the one hand, and language policy or language teaching, on the other. South Africa has a proliferation of policies in both the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Higher Education and Training, with limited implementation and desired outcome, in other words, a misalignment of policies with curriculum. In addition, institutions tend to follow a populist and simp…
Integration and Contextualisation of TPACK and ICT 21st Century Skills When e-Tutoring in Online Distance Learning
Students’ Awareness of Reading Strategies in ‘Communicative English Skills’ Across Three Ethiopian Universities
The purpose of this study was to investigate students’ awareness of reading strategies in ‘Communicative English Skills’ (CES) across three Ethiopian universities. A sample of 600 first year regular students and 72 English language teachers were part of the research population. The sample of students was obtained through a random sampling technique (lottery method) and the teachers were selected using a purposive sampling technique; respectively.…
Situating Some Aspects of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in South African Higher Education Within Southern Theories
This paper discusses aspects of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in South African higher education (HE) and locates it within what it calls Southern theories. Three examples of such theories that the paper advances are Southern decolonial theory, decoloniality, and transversality, which it frames from the Global South standpoint. Concerning the first theory, the paper argues that SoTL, both as a notion and as a practice, needs to b…
Relocating English Studies and SoTL in the Global South
South Africa has policies and frameworks for curriculum design, transformation, and quality assurance in each public institution of higher education (HE). These policies influence the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), particularly at the departmental and disciplinary levels of English Studies. Despite the policy narratives and rhetoric, English Studies still carries vestiges of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa. Similarly, in o…
The Intersection between Multilingualism, Translanguaging, and Decoloniality in the Global South
(2020). The Intersection between Multilingualism, Translanguaging, and Decoloniality in the Global South. Scrutiny2: Vol. 25, Multilingualism and Translanguaging in Higher Education Institutions, pp. 1-5
Language Alternation in Online Forums
Online discussion forums (ODFs), a type of computer-mediated communication (CMC), are sites of language use and multilingual practices where students communicate in web forum communities. There is limited research on the multilingual practices of students learning English for academic purposes (EAP) through ODFs. Drawing on discourse-centred online ethnography (DCOE) and discourse analysis, this article explores language alternation in one online…
I was not to forget that my reader comes from another world’
In response to pressure to participate in the †̃knowledge economyâ€TM, universities are offering a wide range of different masters programmes oriented to the professions. Universities are opening their doors without fully understanding what these programmes entail with little attention to the literacy challenges that students face together with supervisors and academic literacy teachers. This article contributes to our understanding of the mixed …
Performing gendered identities
This paper analyses the voices, and subjectivities that are constructed in songs about men and women within siSwati traditional popular music. These songs position men and women in different ways. This positioning contradicts some of the gender stereotypes of male versus female identities. Discourses of male domination, subjugation of women, inferiority of women, and asymmetrical power relations between men and women are very common in traditiona…
The Intersection between Multilingualism, Translanguaging, and Decoloniality in the Global South
(2020). The Intersection between Multilingualism, Translanguaging, and Decoloniality in the Global South. Scrutiny2: Vol. 25, Multilingualism and Translanguaging in Higher Education Institutions, pp. 1-5
Performing gendered identities
This paper analyses the voices, and subjectivities that are constructed in songs about men and women within siSwati traditional popular music. These songs position men and women in different ways. This positioning contradicts some of the gender stereotypes of male versus female identities. Discourses of male domination, subjugation of women, inferiority of women, and asymmetrical power relations between men and women are very common in traditiona…
I was not to forget that my reader comes from another world’
In response to pressure to participate in the †̃knowledge economyâ€TM, universities are offering a wide range of different masters programmes oriented to the professions. Universities are opening their doors without fully understanding what these programmes entail with little attention to the literacy challenges that students face together with supervisors and academic literacy teachers. This article contributes to our understanding of the mixed …
The Intersection between Multilingualism, Translanguaging, and Decoloniality in the Global South
(2020). The Intersection between Multilingualism, Translanguaging, and Decoloniality in the Global South. Scrutiny2: Vol. 25, Multilingualism and Translanguaging in Higher Education Institutions, pp. 1-5
Language Alternation in Online Forums
Online discussion forums (ODFs), a type of computer-mediated communication (CMC), are sites of language use and multilingual practices where students communicate in web forum communities. There is limited research on the multilingual practices of students learning English for academic purposes (EAP) through ODFs. Drawing on discourse-centred online ethnography (DCOE) and discourse analysis, this article explores language alternation in one online…
Situating Some Aspects of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in South African Higher Education Within Southern Theories
This paper discusses aspects of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in South African higher education (HE) and locates it within what it calls Southern theories. Three examples of such theories that the paper advances are Southern decolonial theory, decoloniality, and transversality, which it frames from the Global South standpoint. Concerning the first theory, the paper argues that SoTL, both as a notion and as a practice, needs to b…
Relocating English Studies and SoTL in the Global South
South Africa has policies and frameworks for curriculum design, transformation, and quality assurance in each public institution of higher education (HE). These policies influence the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), particularly at the departmental and disciplinary levels of English Studies. Despite the policy narratives and rhetoric, English Studies still carries vestiges of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa. Similarly, in o…
Students’ Awareness of Reading Strategies in ‘Communicative English Skills’ Across Three Ethiopian Universities
The purpose of this study was to investigate students’ awareness of reading strategies in ‘Communicative English Skills’ (CES) across three Ethiopian universities. A sample of 600 first year regular students and 72 English language teachers were part of the research population. The sample of students was obtained through a random sampling technique (lottery method) and the teachers were selected using a purposive sampling technique; respectively.…
Integration and Contextualisation of TPACK and ICT 21st Century Skills When e-Tutoring in Online Distance Learning
A Crosslinguistic Study of Gesture and Lexical Development in South African Infants
This study compares early gesture and lexical development in 1,199 infants (0;8–1;6) across South Africa’s 11 official spoken languages using the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory: Words and Gestures. We examined the effect of age, sex, ecological (urban-rural) setting, and maternal level of education (MLE) on early language development. Age was a significant predictor of gesture, comprehension, and production. There was no evid…
Misconceptions, Misalignments, and Mismatches
There are mismatches between ontologies of language and languaging, on the one hand, and language policy or language teaching, on the other. South Africa has a proliferation of policies in both the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Higher Education and Training, with limited implementation and desired outcome, in other words, a misalignment of policies with curriculum. In addition, institutions tend to follow a populist and simp…
Instrument adaptation for measuring early child language development across multilingual and sociocultural diverse settings
This article describes the adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) for South Africa's 11 official spoken languages. The CDI is a parent-report tool that measures early language development from 8 to 30 months. We developed cross-linguistically comparable CDIs, representing two distinct language families, West Germanic and southern Bantu, using a common protocol. We describe our approach to item construction and…
Pedagogy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Higher Education Learning Practices (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)