Teaching reading and writing skills and the acquisition of those skills is a challenge for teachers and
learners respectively. Teachers encounter challenges in teaching and learners likewise encounter
challenges of acquisition. The ability of learners to have the skills of reading and writing is
undoubtedly one of the most important skills they need to possess. Likewise, teachers need to possess
the ability to facilitate the acquisition of those skills by learners.
The study was aimed at determining from teachers what challenges they encounter in facilitating the
acquisition of reading and writing skills by Foundation Phase learners, and what the learners'
challenges are in acquiring those skills. A brief questionnaire with one rating scale question, a
dichotomous scale and two open-ended questions was designed and administered to a convenience
sample of fifty teachers from ten randomly selected primary schools in the Montshioa Stadt Cluster.
ln addition, a test of reading and writing literacy was administered to Grade R - 3 learners in selected
schools in the cluster.
The findings from the study revealed that teachers are playing a positive role in identifying the causes
of the learners' lack of acquiring reading and writing skills and managing that problem
constructively. Teachers however. feel that they need further training on some aspects of reading and
writing skills.
In view of the findings of the study. it is recommended that parents whose children have reading and
writing problems be visited to investigate the source of the learners' problems. Parents should be
requested to visit the school at the end of each tem1 to check on children's work. Learners should be
given intervention forms to fill to show that they deserve to remain in the same class. / Thesis (M.Ed) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2011
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/15663 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Itumeleng, P L |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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