THE IMPORTANCE OF READING IN NURTURING EMERGENT LITERACY SKILLS IN PRE-SCHOOL LEARNERS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON CHILDREN FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS

This dissertation explores the benefits of nurturing early literacy which are increasingly being recognized. Many language practitioners (Snow, Barnes, Chandler, Goodman and Hemphill, 1991; Gestwicki, 1997; Krashen, 2004; White, 2005; Morrow, 2007) emphasise that withholding instruction in reading a...

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Main Author: Drennan, Lisa Michelle
Other Authors: Dr M Brooks
Format: Others
Language:en-uk
Published: University of the Free State 2011
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Online Access:http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-11102011-160038/restricted/