Chapter 8: Reshaping today’s Sesotho teaching and learning through social media

Teachers and learners can attain 21st-century skills but only by those who are willing to learn, unlearn and relearn new teaching and learning approaches in Sesotho lessons. The contemporary social media platforms TikTok, Instagram and YouTube offer ideal environments for 21st-century Sesotho teachers and learners to adopt crucial digital skills and competencies. Learners can use these platforms to apply their taught digital critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity (4Cs) 21st-century skills. A qualitative research method was employed, with these three social media platforms purposively selected to conduct a desktop study. Utilising an interpretive research design, it was found that TikTok, Instagram and YouTube can help learners solve real-life problems using critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and effective communication skills, while also instilling skills in the learning areas such as listening and speaking as well as reading and viewing, as outlined in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS).