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Download full textMonica Hendricks; Simthembile Xeketwana – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2024
Background: The unequal learning outcomes and achievement gaps in language and literacy, particularly affecting poor and working-class children in South African schools, are longstanding issues. These disparities were highlighted once again in the poor literacy results of PIRLS 2021, indicating systemic challenges within the education system.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Grade 9, English (Second Language)
Motloung, Amos Ntokozo; Mavuru, Lydia; McNaught, Carmel – South African Journal of Education, 2021
African township schools are characterised by cultural and linguistic diversity, hence, teachers have the dual task of ensuring that learners grasp scientific concepts, while also catering for the diversity in the learners' backgrounds. The study reported on here was aimed at investigating teachers' beliefs and practices in teaching life sciences…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Simasiku, Liswani; Kasanda, Choshi; Smit, Talita – English Language Teaching, 2015
There has been a high failure rate of Grade 10 learners in the year end examinations in the Caprivi Education Region of Namibia over a number of years. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the use of mother tongue in English medium classrooms enhanced learners' academic achievement.The study investigated 12 teachers at 12 schools…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Academic Achievement, Grade 10, Investigations
