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Six key study units on reading developed by SIRP

Presentation made to a PrimTEd seminar in February 2020 outlines the six units being developed in 2020 which will be made available in Sesotho and IsiZulu.

Sesotho and IsiZulu Reading Project research report

This is a report on a research survey undertaken in 2019 to establish the present state of teaching Sesotho and isiZulu reading in a home language at the ...

Skilled reading in isiZulu: what can we learn from it?

Study of what the orthography of isiZulu requires of readers. As an agglutinative language with a conjoined writing system, isiZulu carries meaning not only in ...

Exploring relationships between Oral Reading Fluency and comprehension amongst ESL learners in South Africa

Conference presentation on Oral Reading Fluency and its correlation with comprehension among EFAL learners in South Africa

A short history of reading instruction and in particular of the Whole language versus Phonics dispute.

Teach in first language, it’s key to success

Opinion piece by the Director of the Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy on why switching to second-language teaching too early places pupils at a ...

A lively discussion of the entrenched rate of illiteracy among Australian children which identifies a failure in the institutions teaching reading educators to ...

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading: Elementary

Essentially a curriculum framework for elementary school grades (up to Grade 4). Detailed and useful.

Four standards for reading specialists

For useful standards for reading specialists and subject advisors

English Language Arts and Reading Generalist EC–6 Standards

Twelve well thought out standards with details on What teachers know and on What teachers can do for each standard