Learning from the best: Reading literacy development practices at a high-performing primary school

L Zimmerman - Per Linguam: a Journal of Language Learning= Per …, 2017 - journals.co.za
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 …

The influence of schooling conditions and teaching practices on curriculum implementation for Grade 4 reading literacy development

L Zimmerman - 2010 - repository.up.ac.za
The findings of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006
highlighted concerns about support for and the quality of reading literacy teaching in South …

Time to go back to the drawing board: Organisation of primary school reading development in South Africa

L Zimmerman, SJ Howie, B Smit - Educational Research and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006 findings highlighted
concerns about reading literacy teaching quality in South African primary schools (Howie et …

Factors that affect South African reading literacy achievement: evidence from prePIRLS 2011

S Van Staden, R Bosker - South African Journal of Education, 2014 - journals.co.za
This study aims to identify factors that predict reading literacy achievement among Grade 4
learners in South Africa by utilising aspects of Carroll's model of school learning. The study …

Research partnership between South Africa and China: Emergent literacy teaching and learning in early childhood education in South Africa

N Nel, S Krog, K Mohangi, H Muller… - Per Linguam: a Journal …, 2016 - journals.co.za
Due to concern about the literacy situation in South Africa (schools being near the bottom of
the international systemic measures of performance in literacy), and the important role that …

Reading literacy in primary schools in South Africa: Educator perspectives on factors affecting reading literacy and strategies for improvement

U Naidoo, K Reddy, N Dorasamy - International Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
As a developing country, South Africa is faced with challenges in the sphere of education
which have a direct impact on the literacy level of learners. Learners are taught in a …

[PDF][PDF] Reading beyond the lines: Developing South African Foundation Phase learners' higher-order reading literacy skills

C Long, L Zimmerman - Teacher Education Research and …, 2009 - academia.edu
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is an international study of
reading literacy conducted every five years; for the PIRLS 2006 40 countries including South …

Reading to Learn: A literature review within a South African context

T Millin - Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2015 - journals.co.za
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 …

The experiences of foundation phase teachers regarding reading literacy interventions at an underperforming school in Gauteng province

J Fourie, M Sedibe, M Muller - Interchange, 2018 - Springer
South Africa's education system has been characterized by various curriculum changes
since 1997 given that basic education is a priority of this government and policies have …

Developing early readers: Patterns in introducing critical reading skills and strategies to South African children

C Combrinck, S Van Staden, K Roux - Reading & Writing-Journal of …, 2014 - journals.co.za
This study draws on the preProgress in International Reading Literacy Study (prePIRLS)
2011 data. It aims to illustrate the effect of early home literacy activities and the early …