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Download full textPaige S. Cox; Tracy N. Bowles – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2024
Background: Lexical properties such as orthographic neighbours have been shown to have an influence on reading and writing; however, this phenomenon is yet to be explored in the Southern Bantu languages. Objectives: We investigate the role of orthographic neighbourhood density and neighbourhood frequency in reading and spelling in Grade 3 isiXhosa…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Native Language, Grade 3
Land, Sandra – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2016
Automaticity, or instant recognition of combinations of letters as units of language, is essential for proficient reading in any language. The article explores automaticity amongst competent adult first-language readers of isiZulu, and the factors associated with it or its opposite - active decoding. Whilst the transparent spelling patterns of…
Descriptors: African Languages, Reading Processes, Adults, Native Language
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
