Learning styles of educationally-disadvantaged grade 8 learners in Alice district : implications for teaching English as first additional language.

M. Tech. Language Practice / This study was conducted in selected Senior Secondary Schools in Alice District in the Eastern Cape Province with the following purposes: (1) to understand the styles of learning English as First Additional Language (L2) of Grade 8 'educationally-disadvantaged' learners, and the teaching styles used by their teachers; (2) to examine the extent to which teachers' teaching styles are congruent to the learners learning styles; and, (3) to understand how knowledge of these learning styles could contribute to upgrading the pedagogical knowledge base of teachers about learning styles, and find new English (L2) teaching styles, to enable learners to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to become more proficient in the English language.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001415
Date January 2014
CreatorsCaga, Ntombekhaya Princess.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText
FormatPDF

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