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Taking a thematic approach to learning a new language

by Oxford University Press | Jun 22, 2021 | Dictionaries

In South Africa, most children are required to learn a second language (called the First Additional Language – FAL) at Foundation Phase level (Grades 1-3). For the vast majority of non-English HL speakers in our multilingual society, that FAL is English as from Grade...

Engaging teachers to improve local language literacy

by Oxford University Press | Sep 7, 2015 | Uncategorized

For optimal literacy and learning, young children should be taught in their mother tongue. At RASA2015 – the combined 9th Pan African Reading for All and the 10th Reading Association of South Africa conference – which took place in Cape Town last week, this...

New bilingual isiXhosa school dictionary includes 433 key curriculum words

by Oxford University Press | Sep 26, 2014 | Dictionaries, Schools News, News

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...

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