Simelane, Nomkhosi Swelihle2024-10-122024-10-122023-07Simelane, Nomkhosi Swelihle. (2023) .IsiZulu High School Learners’ Attitudes Towards Learning IsiZulu Folktales: A Case Study of a High School in Soweto. [Master's dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/41522https://hdl.handle.net/10539/41522A Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Education to the Faculty of Humanities, Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023.The Department of Basic Education leaves it to indigenous language teachers to decide on the genre they prefer to teach between novels and folklore, consisting of traditional poetry, idioms, proverbs, riddles, and folktales. However, there is no study that has been conducted to investigate isiZulu learners’ attitudes towards learning isiZulu folktales. Consequently, this study serves to fill a gap in extant literature. Its purpose was to investigate isiZulu high school learners’ attitudes towards learning isiZulu folktales in School X. Two research tools (a questionnaire and structured interviews) were used to collect data and the Thematic Content Analysis was used to analyse it. The results of the study were the following: (1) Most isiZulu high school learners in school x have a positive attitude towards learning isiZulu folktales; (2) isiZulu learners’ attitudes towards learning isiZulu folktales were influenced either positively or negatively by the contents of folktales, environments and the teachers’ attitudes; (3) the learners’ viewpoints were that teachers need to change their teaching methods and negative attitude towards isiZulu folktales. However, more studies need to be conducted to find out how isiZulu teachers teach isiZulu folktales in different grades, and how student teachers are prepared by the South African universities to teach isiZulu folktales.en©2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.FolktalesAttitudePositive AttitudeNegative AttitudeNeutral AttitudeRelationship between attitude and behaviourWhat influence attitudeUCTDSDG-4: Quality educationDissertationUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg