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May 25, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Lessons in language and literacy: a classroom study in Limpopo

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HCHuman Sciences Research Council

Key Points

  • The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of language-in-education policies in supporting learners' language development and literacy skills.
  • Classroom observations conducted in Limpopo
  • Analysis of literacy levels among learners
  • Assessment of home language usage during instruction
  • Learners show poor literacy achievement due to early abandonment of home languages
  • Home languages are not effectively incorporated into the curriculum
  • Literacy outcomes significantly lag behind national benchmarks

Abstract

The objective of the language-in-education policy is to maintain a learner's home language(s) while providing access to and the effective acquisition of additional language(s). In practice though, learners' home language development is being abandoned too early, as shown by the abysmal literacy achievement of learners in a study in Limpopo.

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Human Sciences Research Council (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a13e83b0e02ee3982d32ddchttps://doi.org/10.14749/32387163
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