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Mather, Nazarana; Rule, Peter – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2017
Whilst research has been conducted on reading skills at primary school level in South Africa, not much research exists on writing, especially boys' writing. This article focuses on the use of an interactive questionnaire to get Grade 6 boys involved in research that is based on a cycle of the writing programme as prescribed by the Curriculum and…
Descriptors: Males, Grade 6, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
Receptive Vocabulary and Early Literacy Skills in Emergent Bilingual Northern Sotho-English Children
Wilsenach, Carien – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2015
This study explored receptive vocabulary size and early literacy skills (namely: letter naming, knowledge of phoneme-grapheme correspondences and early writing) in emergent bilingual Northern Sotho-English children. Two groups of Grade 1 learners were tested in both English and in Northern Sotho. Group 1 (N = 49) received their formal schooling in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Receptive Language
Linnegar, Kate; Condy, Janet; McKinney, Emma – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2014
This research examines the effects of poor working memory skills on a Grade 2 learner. Mediated learning is the theoretical framework that underpins this research project as the focus is on developing cognitive functions, particularly focusing on the working memory of a learner. An independent case study was conducted on one learner, using a…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Cognitive Processes