In this article we describe the outcomes of a pilot project that ran from 1998 through 2000
and involved 79 teachers (grades 1-3) in seven schools. It was designed to predate an …

While it is of utmost importance to scrutinise reading literacy development practices at South
African schools where learners are failing to progress in their reading development in the …

Academic literacy development within the secondary schooling system in South Africa has
reached crisis proportions, with a large number of students exiting the system unable to …

Pre-school literacy teaching in Early Childhood Education (ECD) inclusive classrooms is
crucial in preparing learners for the transition to formal literacy teaching and learning. This …

The article describes an evaluation, over three years, of a Concentrated Language
Encounter literacy development project in the Western Cape region of South Africa. At the …

Discussions of how to develop literacy with young learners of English as a foreign or second
language have until very recently tended to reflect the deep-seated emphasis on …

Early literacy teaching and learning in the foundation phase of rural schools in South Africa
experience persistent challenges. In order to address some of these challenges, a national …

Success in literacy is critical to effective learning outcomes for all children, however for many
Indigenous students who move variously between their Indigenous languages, Aboriginal …

The authors discuss a paired reading program taking place in South Africa and the literacy
standards and programs being used in Australia. Despite being 7,500 miles apart and …

In this paper I raise some of the prevalent issues around initial literacy learning and teaching
which have been evolving in South Africa. In multilingual countries like Namibia and South …