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Download full textMargaret Chauke; Ramodungoane Tabane – South African Journal of Education, 2024
Primary school educators in South Africa often experience difficulties in applying recommended adaptive assessment methods in large multilingual classes, with these challenges being exacerbated when teaching and assessing English as First Additional Language (EFAL). In this article, we report on a study that explored Grade 6 educators' knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alternative Assessment, Student Evaluation, Second Language Instruction
Marco MacFarlane – South African Journal of Education, 2024
With this article I explore the relationship between core academic language skills (CALS) -- a construct representing a set of high-utility language skills needed to manage the linguistic features prevalent in academic texts across content areas -- and schooling outcomes. There has long been an understanding that there is a distinction between…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Language Proficiency, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
Nicky Roberts; Qetelo M. Moloi; Thelma Mort – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: In Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes, there are concerns about student teachers' English language proficiency. Aim: To discuss the first iteration of the PrimTEd English language and literacy test and analyse the results for information about the test instrument and about student teacher attainment. Setting: South African…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs, Program Design
