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Evaluation Of A Programme To Support Foundation-Phase Teachers To Facilitate Literacy, A.M. Wium, Brenda Louw, Irma Eloff
Evaluation Of A Programme To Support Foundation-Phase Teachers To Facilitate Literacy, A.M. Wium, Brenda Louw, Irma Eloff
Brenda Louw
Learners who do not develop adequate listening and language skills during their early years are at risk of academic failure and early drop-out. Future learning problems may be prevented by supporting these children in the foundation phase to overcome their developmental delays. A continued professional development (CPD) programme was developed to support foundation-phase teachers to facilitate literacy. The theoretical basis for the workshop material was the articulation between an auditory processing model, a language processing model, and literacy.
The focus of this article is on the qualitative findings obtained from the literacy component of a more comprehensive CPD programme that …