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Direct linkOmidire, Margaret Funke – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This article reports on the utilization of group discussion by teachers to improve the comprehension skills of learners in their multilingual classes. The study aimed to examine solutions to low comprehension skills among learners whose language of instruction differed from their home languages. The participants were teachers (n = 12) and learners…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Language of Instruction, Comprehension, Language Skills
Download full textde Lange, Maryna M.; Winberg, Christine; Dippenaar, Hanlie – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2020
Background: The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), and similar international assessments, have consistently shown South African intermediate phase learners' performance to be among the lowest worldwide. Of particular concern is the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) for Home Language in the Intermediate Phase…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Grade 4
van Wyk, Gerda; Louw, Arno – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2008
This paper addresses the controversial issues of improving the reading skills of young learners through technology-assisted reading programmes. On reporting the results of primary school learners from grade 2 to grade 7 who participated in a computer-based reading programme for seven months, we try to answer the critical questions of whether…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Reading Programs
