Supporting reading literacy: A grade 6 pilot study

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dc.contributor.authorCornelissen, Raymond
dc.contributor.authorMcMillan, Wendy
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-04T10:11:15Z
dc.date.available2017-04-04T10:11:15Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses a pilot reading-literacy development initiative in a class of Grade 6 township learners. The purpose of the study was to pilot a model of literacy development that could be implemented across a wider platform of schools. The pilot study, using classroom observation and focus group interviews, was designed within a psycholinguistic perspective. Criteria for effective reading-literacy development - access to text and the desire to engage, knowing what to do with text, and opportunities to understand and reflect on text - were used to design the study, and as a lens for analysis. The paper focuses on case studies as illustrative examples of the ways in which the initiative supported access to texts, reading-literacy confidence, and the development of interpretive and reflective reading skills. The study suggests that a conducive literacy environment, including access to texts, knowing what to do with texts, and opportunities to understand and reflect on text - as well as the support of teachers who know how to facilitate literacy - has the potential to achieve literacy gains for even seriously compromised learners.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDHETen_US
dc.identifier.citationCornelissen, R. & McMillan, W. (2012). Supporting reading literacy: A grade 6 pilot study. Journal of Educational Studies, 11(1): 121-133en_US
dc.identifier.issn1680-7456
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2724
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC159886
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherUniversity of Vendaen_US
dc.rightsThis the post-print version of the article published online at: http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC159886
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectPsycholinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectLiteracyen_US
dc.subjectReadingen_US
dc.subjectComprehensionen_US
dc.subjectGrade 6en_US
dc.subjectTeacher developmenten_US
dc.titleSupporting reading literacy: A grade 6 pilot studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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