Preparing your FET learners for their final examinations
With the exams around the corner, preparing your learners for the upcoming exams is essential. Share these tips with your FET learners well before exams are on the horizon for all-round exam success. Get organised Organise your study material: ensure that your work is...Five tips for preparing your learners for the Senior Phase
Although learners have been exposed to many of the skills required in Senior Phase during the Intermediate Phase, they need to be prepared for what is expected of them in Senior Phase and especially at high school. These five tips will help your learners prepare for...New bilingual isiXhosa school dictionary includes 433 key curriculum words
Most children in South Africa learn their school subjects in a language that is not their home language. This puts a barrier between the child and the subject he’s studying, and also makes the teacher’s job harder, as she tries to help children understand...Five factors to consider when prescribing a textbook
If a lecturer’s job is to ignite that spark of knowledge in students, and fan it into full strength, then a good textbook can be the mind’s tinder. Prescribing the right textbook is an important decision and can create a lot of pressure for a lecturer. There are so...The IsiXhosa Language: development highlights
To celebrate the launch of our new Oxford Bilingual School Dictionary: isiXhosa and English, here are the highlights of the development of the language.Commonly Confused Words
There are a lot of words out there. In fact there are at least a quarter of a million distinct English words -and when you add on inflections, local vocabularies and words that are now obsolete, there are probably closer to three quarters of a million. So it’s not...Teachers as counsellors
Teachers spend a great deal of time with their learners and should be able pick up on behavioural or academic signs that a learner is struggling. In a school set-up, it’s important that teachers make themselves approachable and accessible to assist learners with any...Why you should consider a bilingual dictionary
“Africa is the only continent where the majority of children start school using a foreign language,” says Adama Ouane, director of UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning. Indeed, many South African learners who speak an African language at home battle to make the...Jenni Case’s speech on the art of teaching
“There are no silver bullets in education,” warns Jenni Case frankly. She would know. Jenni has dedicated her professional life to advancing education. With thirty-six articles on students’ learning experience, an international reputation, and multiple awards and...
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