Covid-19 has affected societies worldwide, particularly in areas such as health and education. Covid-19 was a foreign phenomenon in countries such as South Africa, where local languages had to be used to ensure understanding ...

The study explores Magnet Theatre’s notion of “making space” for transformative ideas through their migrant plays, Die Vreemdeling and Every Year, Every Day, I Am Walking, as well as through the Clanwilliam Arts Project, ...

The traditional trademark for Sepedi weddings is the ‘manyalo’ songs. For decades, the lyrics of manyalo songs have been crafted to serve a functional and educational purpose. This chapter aimed to explore if manyalo songs, ...

Background: Many South African children attend African language medium of instruction (MOI) schools, learn English as an additional language and switch to English MOI three years later. There is still much to be researched ...

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 ...

‘How can I measure my learners’ reading ability in order to manage my instruction more effectively?’ This seems to be the refrain of many teachers these days. However, while teachers are taught new methods of instruction ...

In this paper we present findings from a pilot study thar exumined the reading abilities in Setswana and English of Grade 8 learners, wul their literacy practices and attitudes. In the light of these ...

This article describes and appraises a reading comprehension programme !hat was aimed at Grade 6 learners and reachers and implemented in different 11'0) in {11'0 high poverty prim(Jiy schools where reading ...

This article aims at correcting some errors of mistranslation as well as giving a full explanation of some culture-specific terms which are found in Kropf's (1899) Xhosa-English dictionary.