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ERIC Number: EJ231993
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Oct
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Learning to Read Kikongo: A Primer Makes a Difference.
Biniakunu, Dianzungu Dia
Reading Teacher, v34 n1 p32-36 Oct 1980
Reports that first grade children in Zaire who used a carefully controlled native language primer (developed to meet a need for up-to-date, relevant primers in Zairean languages) achieved higher reading scores than children who used an old (1952) primer. (GT)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Innovation, Primary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading Research, Textbook Preparation, Textbook Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Zaire