Reading is FUNdamental: The effect of a reading programme on vocabulary development in a high poverty township school

This paper discusses the development of the vocabulary of grade 7 learners in a reading project currently underway at a school in Atteridgeville, a township on the outskirts of Pretoria. A library has been established at the school and teachers throughout the school attend workshops designed to heig...

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Main Author: Scheepers, Ruth
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2008-12-01
Series:Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning
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Online Access:http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/38