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Download full textAlbert Weideman; Tobie van Dyk – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
This contribution investigates gains in technical economy in measuring language ability by considering one recurrent interest of JD Brown: cloze tests. In the various versions of the Test of Academic Literacy Levels (TALL), its Sesotho and Afrikaans (Toets van Akademiese Geletterdheidsvlakke -- TAG) counterparts, as well as related other tests…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Language Aptitude, Cloze Procedure, Reading Tests
Scheepers, Marizel; Geertsema, Salomé; le Roux, Mia; Graham, Marien – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2021
Background: Phonological awareness (PA) skills and working memory (WM) are universally regarded as crucial precursors to skilled reading. The orthography of the language being read influences the ease with which a child learns to read. Research has been undertaken on reading in languages with an opaque orthography. Research on the role of PA and…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Indo European Languages, Short Term Memory, Private Schools
Direct linkWilsenach, Carien; Schaefer, Maxine – Language Testing, 2022
Multilingualism in education is encouraged in South Africa, and children are expected to become bilingual and biliterate during the early primary grades. Much focus has been placed on measuring literacy in children's first language, often the medium of instruction (MOI), and English, the language typically used as MOI from fourth grade. However,…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Reading Tests, Reading Comprehension
Thage, Esther Molebogeng; Mokgosi, Patricia Namayammu; Mthembu, Jane Tozama – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2021
Guided reading (GR) approach has been shown to have positive effect on reading fluency and comprehension. However, most studies on GR have focused on primary schools, specifically the Foundation Phase. Therefore, this study employed the GR approach to examine its possible effects on the reading proficiencies of Grade 9 English Second Language…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Vos, Elize; Fouché, Nadine – South African Journal of Education, 2021
Language is a contextual factor of an education system as it determines the Language of Learning and Teaching (LOLT). In order to provide for diversity in South Africa, the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, makes provision for 11 official languages and the Language in Education Policy (LiEP) promotes respect for not only these…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, Native Language, Multilingualism
