The failure to achieve academic outcomes in linguistically diverse classrooms in poor areas
of the Western Cape, South Africa, is well documented. A major contributing factor is the …

South Africa is one of a few countries in Africa with a sizeable number of traditional first
language (L1) speakers of English. Recent estimates put the number of L1 speakers of …

Written language requires prior knowledge of many foundation language skills. Students
with language learning disabilities find it difficult to integrate language skills into academic …

The question as to which language should be used as a medium of instruction in schools in
multilingual societies is a controversial one. In South Africa, the question is often posed in …

Abstract Language competence is both the means and the end to educational achievement,
and multilingualism in particular has important cognitive, academic and societal advantages …

Most learners in South African schools face a language barrier in the classroom. Any child
who cannot use the language which he/she is most familiar with (usually the home …

Theories of writing development put forth by Bereiter (1980), Kroll (1981), and Perera (1984)
are reviewed and presented as frameworks for practitioners working with language learning …

Carol Miller, a speech and language therapist in the School of Education at The University of
Birmingham, identifies the different perspectives of speech and language therapists and …

We were prompted by the prevalence of English Second or Other Language (ESOL)
learners identified by educators as having language disorders and being referred for …

A cross-sectional online survey was completed by 219 speech-language therapists (SLTs)
to explore their views and practices when working with children and adolescents who have …