Ukufundisa izicuku zeziqhakancu emagameni (Teaching click clusters in words)
Some teachers find it uninteresting and difficult to teach isiXhosa phonemes and syllables to grade one to three learners. This has a negative impact as the literacy results are low because learners’ reading and writing skills are poor. The linguistics terms featuring in the title, namely; consonant...
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| author | Gxowa-Dlayedwa, Ntombizodwa Cynthia |
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| description | Some teachers find it uninteresting and difficult to teach isiXhosa phonemes and syllables to grade one to three learners. This has a negative impact as the literacy results are low because learners’ reading and writing skills are poor. The linguistics terms featuring in the title, namely; consonants, vowels and syllables as found in words facilitate reading, and thus improve literacy standards in every language. IsiXhosa is one of the eleven official languages in South Africa. Phonemes include clicks and/or click cluster and vowels. On the other hand, there are people who are interested in learning to speak isiXhosa, but the difficulties encountered during the pronunciation of clicks discourage many of them. This study believes that the knowledge of phonemes and syllables will boost the literacy standard in isiXhosa. Therefore, the purposes of this study are to show that clicks and click clusters are found in major word categories which are in life circles. Secondly, if words are divided into segments, it becomes easy to produce them in print and reading skills. Thirdly, reading is possible in every language, and most importantly, skills are transferable. The current study therefore, argues that the knowledge of phonemes and syllables facilitates reading and creative writing skills. The data used in this study were taken from a novel written by Sidlayi (2009). Few examples have been given by the researchers themselves with an objective to clarify some ideas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05223bf31a7a451c957b28e68dfc43e72022-12-22T03:06:03ZafrStellenbosch UniversityPer Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning0259-23122224-00122015-12-01313324810.5785/31-3-622Ukufundisa izicuku zeziqhakancu emagameni (Teaching click clusters in words)Gxowa-Dlayedwa, Ntombizodwa Cynthia 0University of the Western CapeSome teachers find it uninteresting and difficult to teach isiXhosa phonemes and syllables to grade one to three learners. This has a negative impact as the literacy results are low because learners’ reading and writing skills are poor. The linguistics terms featuring in the title, namely; consonants, vowels and syllables as found in words facilitate reading, and thus improve literacy standards in every language. IsiXhosa is one of the eleven official languages in South Africa. Phonemes include clicks and/or click cluster and vowels. On the other hand, there are people who are interested in learning to speak isiXhosa, but the difficulties encountered during the pronunciation of clicks discourage many of them. This study believes that the knowledge of phonemes and syllables will boost the literacy standard in isiXhosa. Therefore, the purposes of this study are to show that clicks and click clusters are found in major word categories which are in life circles. Secondly, if words are divided into segments, it becomes easy to produce them in print and reading skills. Thirdly, reading is possible in every language, and most importantly, skills are transferable. The current study therefore, argues that the knowledge of phonemes and syllables facilitates reading and creative writing skills. The data used in this study were taken from a novel written by Sidlayi (2009). Few examples have been given by the researchers themselves with an objective to clarify some ideas.Teachingclick clusterswordsisiXhosa phonemes and syllablevowels |
| spellingShingle | Gxowa-Dlayedwa, Ntombizodwa Cynthia Ukufundisa izicuku zeziqhakancu emagameni (Teaching click clusters in words) Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning Teaching click clusters words isiXhosa phonemes and syllable vowels |
| title | Ukufundisa izicuku zeziqhakancu emagameni (Teaching click clusters in words) |
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