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Brief Biography (English)
Dr Nhlanhla Mpofu has a PhD in English Education from the University of Pretoria. Her Research attempts to bridge theory and practice in ways that English is used as a second language in different disciplines in multilingual spaces.
Dr Mpofu's Research focus works to (i) problematize our understanding of English as a Language of Instruction (ELI) in multilingual contexts, (ii) develop new language teaching methodologies that draw from culturally sustaining pedagogy and informed by disciplinary linguistic requirements, and (iii) re-orienting second language education research in multilingual education systems.
