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Associate Professor: English Language Education
Name: Pinky Makoe
Location: B Ring 409 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
DECS Staff, Department of Education and Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education Staff Members
Contact Details:
Tel: 011 559 5773
Email: pmakoe@uj.ac.za
About Prof Pinky Makoe
Prof Pinky Makoe is an associate professor in English language and literacy. Her research interests include the politics of English, language and raciolinguistic ideologies, language curricula and policy in contexts of linguistic diversity. Through her research, Prof Makoe aims to contribute to our understanding of how institutional language policies and practices affect children’s learning opportunities. She is a member of the Language and Literacy for Social Justice, bua-lit collective (www.bua-lit.org.za). She has co-edited The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism, second edition (Routledge, 2024) with Profs Carolyn McKinney and Virginia Zavala.
Research Interests: Raciolinguistics; Language ideologies; The politics of English; Language, literacy and power in education.
Recent publications
Book Chapters
Makoe, P. and McKinney, C. (in press) Race and Coloniality of Language Policy in Education. In S. Makoni, B. Antia and S. Rudwick (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Language and Race. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781032146058
Makoe, P. and McKinney, C. (2025) Racializing Ideologies of Language in Post-Apartheid Schooling. In Ryuko, Kubota and Suhanthie Motha (eds) Race, racism, and antiracism in language education. London and New York: Routledge. pp.76-97. ISBN 9781032245317
le Roux, K. and Makoe, P. (2024) Opening (Up) Spaces for Multilingual Learning and Teaching Practices in South African Higher Education. A Decolonial Perspective. In C. McKinney, P. Makoe and V. Zavala (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism 2nd Ed. London and New York: Routledge. pp.240-251.
Makoe, P. (2022) Navigating hegemonic knowledge and ideologies at school: Children’s oral storytelling as acts of agency and positioning. In C. McKinney and P. Christie (eds.) Decoloniality, Language and Literacy. Conversations with teacher educators. Bristol and Jackson: Multilingual Matters. pp. 46-62.
Sobane, K, Makoe, P and Van Der Merwe, C. (2022) The Reproduction of Racial Inequalities through Language of Learning and Teaching at Universities in South Africa. In G. Houston, M. Kanyane and Y. L. Davids (eds.) Paradise Lost. Race and Racism in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Brill: Leiden and Boston. pp. 146–172.
Edited Book/Volume
McKinney, C., Makoe, P. and Zavala, V. (2024) The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism 2nd Ed. London and New York: Routledge.
Qualification: PhD (Applied English Language Studies)
Undergraduate modules: PGCE SP Languages
Postgraduate Teaching and Supervision: Teaches modules in the Honours in Language, Literacies and Literature programme and supervises M.Ed and PhD students
Committee: Faculty Higher Degrees, Senate