ISIZULU TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE FOUNDATIONS FOR LEARNING LITERACY PROGRAMME IN FOUR TOWNSHIP PRIMARY SCHOOLS

dc.creator	Thabile Mbatha
dc.date	2012-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:05:43Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:05:43Z
dc.identifier	10.5785/28-1-120
dc.identifier	0259-2312
dc.identifier	2224-0012
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/fca628acdf0d46ebb34e10580ae0b714
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9971
dc.description	<p><em>This article reports on a study that was conducted to investigate how isiZulu-speaking teachers teaching Grade R to Grade 3 in four Pietermaritzburg township schools in KwaZulu-Natal have received the Foundations for Learning Programme (FLP), launched by the national Department of Education as a response to drastic deficiencies in reading and writing skills that have recently been confirmed among South African learners. In total, 14 Foundation Phase teachers participated in an interview-based study on their perceptions of the programme. Findings of the study indicate considerable uncertainty and unevenness in the way teachers interpret the FLP, and teachers of isiZulu in particular reported inability to engage with the programme because it was published in English and no isiZulu version was available. The conclusion is that the DoE must provide FLP resources in isiZulu so that teachers are enabled to use the programme for improving isiZulu literacy skills among learners.</em></p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Stellenbosch University
dc.relation	http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/120
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/0259-2312
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0012
dc.source	Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, Vol 28, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	ISIZULU TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE FOUNDATIONS FOR LEARNING LITERACY PROGRAMME IN FOUR TOWNSHIP PRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.type	article