Publications

Nal’ibali Research Briefing 2: A snapshot of Langa, Western Cape

This is the second briefing undertaken as part of formative research for the Nal’ibali reading-for-enjoyment campaign. The briefings focus on [...]

Nal’ibali Research Briefing 1: A snapshot of Rawsonville, Western Cape

This is the first briefing undertaken as part of formative research for the Nal’ibali Campaign. The briefings focus on “Stories [...]

Interactive Journal Writing as a Tool for Mentoring and Teacher Professional Development

(Presented at the Three R’s Conference, December 2009) Author: Xolisa Guzula Presentation on the PRAESA initiated 6 year interactive Xhosa-English [...]

Evolving African Approaches to the Management of Linguistic Diversity

Author: Neville Alexander The author proposes a comprehensive, large-scale, long-term, and systematic intervention on the part of NGO’s, CBO’s, language [...]

Stories Across Africa (StAAf): Towards a Shared African Children’s Literature

(Presented at the IBBY Copenhagen, 2008) Author: Carole Bloch Presentation introducing Stories Aross Africa (StAAf), a pan-African project which began [...]

Initiatives to Reach Early Childhood and Education

(Presented at IBBY Copenhagen, September 2008) Author: Carole Bloch Presentation introducing the characteristics and the aims of PRAESA Initiatives to [...]

Enabling Conditions for Biliteracy Learning

(Presented at the 2009 3R’s Conference) Author: Carole Bloch, PRAESA Early Literacy Unit The presentation is on the observation made [...]

Formative Evaluation of the First Phase of First Words in Print

Authors: Angela Schaffer, Kathy Watters This paper summarizes the results of evaluation research conducted by the two authors on the [...]

The Experience of Mother Tongue-Based Education in Post-Colonial Africa, with Special Reference to South Africa

Author: Neville Alexander The Experience of Mother Tongue-Based Education in Post-Colonial Africa, with Special Reference to South Africa

The Collection and Recording of Xhosa Oral Material in the Form of Rhymes and Wordplay to Enhance Literacy Learning and Development in Early Child Education

Author: Zanele Mbude Final report addressing the initial topic of research: “What is it that is taught to young children [...]

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