Bilingual and biliterate? An exploratory study of Grade 8 reading skills in Setswana and English
In this paper we present findings from a pilot study that examined the reading abilities in Setswana and English of Grade 8 learners, and their literacy practices and attitudes. In the light of these research findings, it is argued that unless learners are provided with meaningful opportunities to d...
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| description | In this paper we present findings from a pilot study that examined the reading abilities in Setswana and English of Grade 8 learners, and their literacy practices and attitudes. In the light of these research findings, it is argued that unless learners are provided with meaningful opportunities to develop their reading skills and are exposed to reading materials in both languages on a regular basis from an early age, they will be inadequately prepared to cope with the high literacy demands of the twenty-first century. What is needed is a meaningful school reading programme geared towards exposing learners to books and helping them develop skilful reading strategies so that they can ‘read to learn’ more effectively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-285208dc23c94b3ab0a9601a6671f2642022-12-21T20:32:28ZafrStellenbosch UniversityPer Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning0259-23122224-00122004-12-0120112110.5785/20-1-77Bilingual and biliterate? An exploratory study of Grade 8 reading skills in Setswana and EnglishMatjila, DS 0Pretorius, Elizabeth 1University of South AfricaUniversity of South AfricaIn this paper we present findings from a pilot study that examined the reading abilities in Setswana and English of Grade 8 learners, and their literacy practices and attitudes. In the light of these research findings, it is argued that unless learners are provided with meaningful opportunities to develop their reading skills and are exposed to reading materials in both languages on a regular basis from an early age, they will be inadequately prepared to cope with the high literacy demands of the twenty-first century. What is needed is a meaningful school reading programme geared towards exposing learners to books and helping them develop skilful reading strategies so that they can ‘read to learn’ more effectively.http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/77reading abilitiesSetswana and English Grade 8 learnersliteracy practices and attitudes |
| spellingShingle | Matjila, DS Pretorius, Elizabeth Bilingual and biliterate? An exploratory study of Grade 8 reading skills in Setswana and English Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning reading abilities Setswana and English Grade 8 learners literacy practices and attitudes |
| title | Bilingual and biliterate? An exploratory study of Grade 8 reading skills in Setswana and English |
| title_full | Bilingual and biliterate? An exploratory study of Grade 8 reading skills in Setswana and English |
| title_fullStr | Bilingual and biliterate? An exploratory study of Grade 8 reading skills in Setswana and English |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilingual and biliterate? An exploratory study of Grade 8 reading skills in Setswana and English |
| title_short | Bilingual and biliterate? An exploratory study of Grade 8 reading skills in Setswana and English |
| title_sort | bilingual and biliterate an exploratory study of grade 8 reading skills in setswana and english |
| topic | reading abilities Setswana and English Grade 8 learners literacy practices and attitudes |
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