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Download full textThage, 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)
Direct linkFourie, J.; Sedibe, M.; Muller, M. – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2018
South Africa's education system has been characterized by various curriculum changes since 1997 given that basic education is a priority of this government and policies have specifically been aimed at improving the overall standard of education in the country. Despite these curriculum changes, the findings of tests such as the Progress in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Intervention, Low Achievement
Mawoyo, Monica; Vally, Zaahedah – Journal of Learning for Development, 2020
Fifty-three percent of Grade 4 learners cannot read for meaning in low- and middle-income countries despite an investment of between 33-49% of education expenditure on primary education. Teaching children to read in the early grades is fundamental to building resilient education systems, as the ability to read early in life is a great predictor…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Outcomes of Education, Emergent Literacy, Reading Skills
Boakye, Naomi A. – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2017
This article reports on the extensive reading (ER) component of a reading intervention programme to improve first-year students' reading proficiency. To make the intervention more practical and to accelerate improvement, an ER component was included in the programme. Two groups of first-year students (high-risk and low-risk) were required to read…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Student Attitudes, Intervention, Reading Comprehension
Prinsloo, C. H.; Harvey, J. C. – Perspectives in Education, 2016
It is essential for learners to develop foundational literacy skills, ideally, in the first grade of formal education. These skills are then firmly entrenched and can be expanded in the following grades to form a basis for all future academic studies. Appropriate assessment practices and tools to aid this process can inform the achievement of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Reading, Oral Reading, Reading Tests
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
