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Sboniso Praisegod Zondi

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ID4150195
NAMESboniso Praisegod Zondi
GIVEN NAMESSboniso Praisegod
FAMILY NAMEZondi
SIGNATUREZONDI S P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Free State
ORCID0000-0002-6667-6287
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0
  • Probing into ESL teachers’ use of translanguaging: Perspectives and operationalisations

    Open Access•Sboniso Praisegod Zondi, Siphelele Mbatha•ARTICLE•Southern African Linguistics and…•2026

    Translanguaging has been among the multilingual pedagogies advocated for in multilingual classrooms for decades. The question of whether the translanguaging strategy is employable in learning English as a Second Language (ESL) has been of interest to scholars for some time, particularly given the complexity of ESL in multilingual classrooms. This study sought to probe into ESL teachers’ perspectives and use of translanguaging. From the interpreti…

  • The depiction of women in selected Zulu proverbs

    Open Access•Onelisa Nomfundo Mbathu, Sboniso Praisegod Zondi et al.•ARTICLE•South African Journal of African…•2026

  • Literature Teaching in English as a Second Language (ESL) Classrooms: The South African Teachers’ Experiences

    Open Access•Sboniso Praisegod Zondi•ARTICLE•Journal of Language Teaching and…•2025

    This paper explores the English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers’ experiences of teaching literature in three high schools in the Pinetown District, South Africa. The interpretivist paradigm underpinned the qualitative case study. It used Ubuntugogy as an epistemic lens. Eleven high school teachers were purposively sampled, participated in semi-structured interviews, and were observed teaching literature in their grades 10–12 classrooms. The r…

  • Multilingual Pedagogies as an Enabler in Creating and Fostering Learner Engagement in English Second Language Literature Classrooms

    Open Access•Sboniso Praisegod Zondi•ARTICLE•Educational Research for Social…•2025

    Research on multilingual pedagogies in English Second Language (ESL) classrooms is gaining momentum globally and in South Africa. However, more studies focus on the higher education context, universities in particular. Basic education and technical and vocational education and training are mostly ignored. This study explored translanguaging and code-switching as pedagogies of choice for ESL teachers, particularly in teaching literature. Literatur…

  • Arousing Learner Interest and Engagement in a Multilingual Classroom Context: English Second Language Teachers’ Experiences and Strategies

    Open Access•Sboniso Praisegod Zondi, Siphelele Mbatha•ARTICLE•E-Journal of Humanities Arts and…•2024

    Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to learners of different basic schooling phases is arguably an interesting yet enigmatic phenomenon, which features a variety of factors such as language diversity, curriculum, policy, and cultural factors. This paper sought to explore the experiences and the strategies employed by ESL teachers to aid learners navigate through linguistic diversity in English Second Language classroom contexts. From the …

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  • Arousing Learner Interest and Engagement in a Multilingual Classroom Context: English Second Language Teachers’ Experiences and Strategies

    Open Access•Sboniso Praisegod Zondi, Siphelele Mbatha•ARTICLE•E-Journal of Humanities Arts and…•2024

    Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to learners of different basic schooling phases is arguably an interesting yet enigmatic phenomenon, which features a variety of factors such as language diversity, curriculum, policy, and cultural factors. This paper sought to explore the experiences and the strategies employed by ESL teachers to aid learners navigate through linguistic diversity in English Second Language classroom contexts. From the …

  • Literature Teaching in English as a Second Language (ESL) Classrooms: The South African Teachers’ Experiences

    Open Access•Sboniso Praisegod Zondi•ARTICLE•Journal of Language Teaching and…•2025

    This paper explores the English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers’ experiences of teaching literature in three high schools in the Pinetown District, South Africa. The interpretivist paradigm underpinned the qualitative case study. It used Ubuntugogy as an epistemic lens. Eleven high school teachers were purposively sampled, participated in semi-structured interviews, and were observed teaching literature in their grades 10–12 classrooms. The r…

  • Multilingual Pedagogies as an Enabler in Creating and Fostering Learner Engagement in English Second Language Literature Classrooms

    Open Access•Sboniso Praisegod Zondi•ARTICLE•Educational Research for Social…•2025

    Research on multilingual pedagogies in English Second Language (ESL) classrooms is gaining momentum globally and in South Africa. However, more studies focus on the higher education context, universities in particular. Basic education and technical and vocational education and training are mostly ignored. This study explored translanguaging and code-switching as pedagogies of choice for ESL teachers, particularly in teaching literature. Literatur…

  • Probing into ESL teachers’ use of translanguaging: Perspectives and operationalisations

    Open Access•Sboniso Praisegod Zondi, Siphelele Mbatha•ARTICLE•Southern African Linguistics and…•2026

    Translanguaging has been among the multilingual pedagogies advocated for in multilingual classrooms for decades. The question of whether the translanguaging strategy is employable in learning English as a Second Language (ESL) has been of interest to scholars for some time, particularly given the complexity of ESL in multilingual classrooms. This study sought to probe into ESL teachers’ perspectives and use of translanguaging. From the interpreti…

  • The depiction of women in selected Zulu proverbs

    Open Access•Onelisa Nomfundo Mbathu, Sboniso Praisegod Zondi et al.•ARTICLE•South African Journal of African…•2026

EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Translanguaging (2 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (1 works)

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