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The Readability of Two Grade 4 Natural Sciences Textbooks for South African Schools
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Sibanda, Lucy – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2014
This paper, deriving from a larger study, evaluates the readability of two Grade 4 natural sciences textbooks used by learners who speak English as an additional language in two South African schools. The study is set within the context of the reading-related transitional challenges faced by English second language learners when they move from the…
Descriptors: Readability, Grade 4, Natural Sciences, Foreign Countries