BACKGROUND: This article reports on a responsive extensive reading programme (ERP),
involving Grade 3 learners at two primary schools in the Eastern Cape over a duration of 20 …

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 …

Notwithstanding the substantial transformation of education in South Africa in the last 20
years, specifically to redress the past inequalities, the challenges are ongoing. These …

A bilingual extensive reading programme (ERP) was implemented in two primary schools in
Grahamstown with all the learners who were in grade 3 in 2015. The ERP was a means of …

The cornerstone of academic achievement and the foundation for success across the
curriculum is learning to read and write proficiently. In view of this, the purpose of this paper …

This dissertation reports on a study to determine the effects of using the Learn to Read:
Reading to Learn approach (R2L), as developed by Dr David Rose, on BCom4 Access …

CEKISO, Madoda. Teachers' perceptions of reading instruction in selected primary schools
in the Eastern Cape. Reading & Writing [online]. 2017, vol. 8, n. 1, pp. 1-8. ISSN 2308-1422 …

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 …

Large scale literacy assessments that have taken place during the past decade in South
Africa indicate that our learners are struggling to read. Low reading competence occurs in all …

Abstract Higher education in South Africa faces severe challenges due to the under
preparedness of many students entering the system. Research (Perkins 1991; Pretorius …