Vimbai Mbirimi-Hungwe
SEFAKO MAKGATHO UNIVERSITY
South Africa

Vimbai Mbirimi-Hungwe is a sociolinguist who holds a PhD from the University of Limpopo.  Dr Mbirimi-Hungwe works as a senior lecturer at Sefako Makgatho University of Health Sciences. Her areas of interest are multilingualism, translanguaging and translingual pedagogy. Dr Mbirimi -Hungwe uses translanguaging strategy among multilingual students in her teaching and research.  She is passionate about recognition of students’ language practices in her teaching and research. Dr Mbirimi-Hungwe has published 22 research articles and 1 co-edited volume with multilingualism and translanguaging being the focus.