The role of higher education institutions in addressing South Africa's reading crisis in view of sustainable development

South Africa has an enormous reading crisis necessitating discernment of the real pedagogic causes of failure to read in Grade 1, and to read English as a Second Language (ESL) with understanding later. In this article will be asked if the phonics approach to initial reading is suited to African le...

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Main Author: Martha Magdalena Cronje
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2022-09-01
Series:Perspectives in Education
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Online Access:http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie/article/view/5666