The FunDza Literacy Trust: Evaluating a technology-driven reading for pleasure programme
The FunDza Literacy Trust aims to get young South Africans reading for pleasure, by disseminating high-interest, locally generated reading content that can be accessed via cellphones. The fantastic thing about using a technology platform as its delivery mechanism is...
Wordworks engaging parents and communities to support early language and literacy: Free resources
Wordworks, in Cape Town, was established in 2005 to help parents to support early learning in preschool children. Today, Wordworks trains volunteer tutors to work with children on a weekly basis at schools and at local libraries, to help them to read and write;...
Nal’ibali: ‘Here’s the story’ – in your mother tongue!
By Dr. Carole Bloch, Director of the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA). Many English speakers look bemused at the thought of celebrating World Mother Tongue Day – what’s to celebrate? After all, it’s normal to use our mother...