According to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) of 2016, almost 80% of South African Grade 4 learners do not understand what they read. One cause of this is that many teachers are…
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Q&A: Demystifying and overcoming reading challenges with Elizabeth Nadler-Nir (Part 1)
We sat down (virtually) with respected speech-language therapist Elizabeth Nadler-Nir, who is the brainchild behind Oxford Reading Safari (ORS). She tells us a bit about herself, what inspired her to invent ORS, and shares simple…
How dictionaries can support home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
“The COVID-19 pandemic is a health crisis, an economic crisis, and also a crisis for children’s education,” say the authors of a recent article titled “COVID-19 and Children’s Education”1. The education crisis is widespread: According…