From an African Oral Tale to an English Picture Book: Rwandan Teachers’ Experience with Online Translation of South African Institute of Distance Education’s African Storybooks

From an African Oral Tale to an English Picture Book: Rwandan Teachers’ Experience with Online Translation of South African Institute of Distance Education’s African Storybooks

Research findings pertaining to language education and distance education point to the lack of online reading materials written in African languages and reflecting African contexts. Such a shortage is a challenge to literacy skills development in Africa. In Rwanda, although there are some graded rea...

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Main Authors: Epimaque Niyibizi, Emmanuel Sibomana, Aloysie Uwizeyemariya, Sylvestre Ntabajyana, Cyprien Niyomugabo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Unit for Distance Education, Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria 2021-05-01
Series:Teacher Education through Flexible Learning in Africa
Subjects:
african storybook initiative
early years reading
kinyarwanda folktales
agglutinating language
saide
university of rwanda-college of education
Online Access:https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/tetfle/article/view/66

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