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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)
Malebese, Mots'elisi L.; Tlali, Moeketsi F.; Mahlomaholo, Sechaba – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: Learners from predominantly less priviledged South African schools encounter English as a language of teaching and learning for the first time in Grade 4. The transition from the use of home language to second language, namely English first additional language, is complexly related to the learners' inability to read text meaningfully.…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, English Language Learners
Livingston, Candice; Klopper, Betsie; Cox, Sanet; Uys, Corrie – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2015
Research regarding the academic reading load experienced by first year students at universities in South Africa indicated that students are woefully under-prepared to deal with this load as they have limited reading experiences and strategies. This led to the implementation of an academic reading programme at a university of technology. In order…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction
Cekiso, Madoda; Madikiza, Nophawu – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2014
Knowledge of the reading strategies used by English Second Language learners can help teachers to plan appropriate lessons and apply relevant methods of teaching reading in order to enhance learners' reading comprehension. The main objective of this study was to investigate the reading strategies used by Grade 9 English Second Language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Strategies, Secondary School Students, Grade 9
Marshall, Minda B. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Lifelong learning is the only way to sustain proficient learning in a rapidly changing world. Knowledge and information are exploding across the globe. We need accurate ways to facilitate the process of drawing external factual information into an internal perceptive advantage from which to interpret and argue new information. Accurate and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Reading Skills, Reading Improvement
Direct linkVan Staden, Annalene – Perspectives in Education, 2011
The inability of many English second-language (ESL) learners to read at desirable levels is universal, but reasons for this and solutions have not yet been addressed. Within the South African teaching context especially there is a paucity of evidence-based research findings available on the literacy challenges faced by ESL learners and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Ability, Direct Instruction, Elementary School Students
