This study seeks to investigate the development of noun and predicate comprehension and
production in isiZulu-speaking children between the ages of 25 and 36 months. It compares …

Few standardized language assessments are adapted to different cultural and linguistic
contexts to assess children's first language (L1) abilities. We introduce the Ivorian Children's …

The current movement towards multilingualism and multiculturalism in South Africa has
placed language at the centre of all educational activity. With the implementation of the …

Reading comprehension is probably the most prominently tested skill in upper primary
classes in Kenya. Most test papers, for instance, comprise a fifteen-item cloze test, a fictional …

The article examines rural South African primary school learners' performance on
classification and generalisation tasks to demonstrate the connection between verbal forms …

This paper will deal, firstly, with the South African context, that cries out for attention to
responsible language assessment. The renewed interest in language testing in South Africa …

Miscommunication between Australian Aboriginal students and their non-Aboriginal
teachers has, among other things, contributed to the educational underachievement of these …

The importance of early childhood care and education has gained increasing recognition in
Tanzania, resulting in various transformations in the education landscape in the country …

Purpose: Concern exists about the cross-cultural appropriateness of existing language
assessments for non-mainstream populations, including Indigenous children who may …

Differences in cognitive processing skills between monolingual and bilingual children for
assessment in linguistically diverse societies have become the focal point of recent research …