Pedagogical practices and approaches in teaching siSwati

The datasets contain the analysis tables of themes and categories generated from an interview and focus group discussion transcripts of participants. The study's approach was qualitative, and the design was a multiple exploratory case study which adopted the interpretive paradigm. To explore pedagogical practices in teaching siSwati as a first language in diverse linguistic settings, semi-structured interviews, a focus group discussion, classroom lesson observations and the analysis of documents were utilised to generate and collect data. Content analysis was employed to analyse data and data were examined against the six constructs of the sociocultural theory, a theory which guided the study. Therefore, the data presented consist of several units: an amalgamation of interview and focus group discussion responses of participants who contributed to the formulation of specific themes addressing the research questions, classroom lesson observation and document analysis data corroborating these themes.本数据集包含基于参与者访谈与焦点小组讨论转录文本生成的主题与类别分析表。本研究采用质性研究方法，研究设计为遵循解释主义范式的多探索性案例研究。为探究多元语言环境下斯瓦蒂语（siSwati）作为第一语言的教学实践，本研究通过半结构化访谈、焦点小组讨论、课堂教学观察与文档分析等方式生成并采集数据。本研究采用内容分析法对数据进行分析，并以指导本研究的社会文化理论（sociocultural theory）的六大构念为参照展开数据检视。因此，本数据集包含以下两部分内容：一是为形成针对研究问题的特定主题而贡献数据的参与者访谈与焦点小组讨论回复的整合内容，二是佐证上述主题的课堂教学观察与文档分析数据。