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Makoe, Pinky; McKinney, Carolyn – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2009
The data discussed in this paper is drawn from research conducted in a multilingual urban primary school in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the official language of instruction is English and the majority of learners are African language speakers, frequently with very limited English proficiency. The paper presents a case study of one child who…
Descriptors: African Languages, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Official Languages
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Donald, David; Condy, Janet; Forrester, Jana – Reading Teacher, 2003
Describes the outcomes of a pilot project which was designed to predate an expanded Concentrated Language Encounter (CLE) literacy development program in the Western Cape region of South Africa. Discusses lessons learned from this pilot program. Highlights the value of pilot programs in general. (PM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Development, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction
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Euvrard, George – Educational Leadership, 2006
South Africa and Namibia, two countries building young democracies, face the task of transforming their public education systems to support the values articulated in their new constitutions. This article describes a project designed to incorporate these values into schools. A group of 50 Namibian teachers, who were enrolled in the author's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Educational Change, Public Education