<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"> <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a> has shared a Mail & Guardian article<br>
                          
                            
                          
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                              <a href="http://mg.co.za/article/2013-10-18-mother-tongue-classrooms-give-a-better-boost-to-english-study-later/" target="_blank">Mother-tongue classrooms give a better boost to English study later</a>
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                              What language should South African children be taught in The ongoing debates about the language of instruction in schools evoke strong and often emotional responses as has again been seen in the various contributions in the media during the past two weeks However these responses are seldom backed by evidence A more scientific approach is required to address such an explosive topic and this week we released a working paper that we believe offers this lt strong gt English first lt strong gt First though some background In his recent Percy Baneshik Memorial Lecture to the English Academy of...<a href="http://mg.co.za/article/2013-10-18-mother-tongue-classrooms-give-a-better-boost-to-english-study-later/" target="_blank">continue reading</a>
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                            <p>Source: <a href="http://mg.co.za/article/2013-10-18-mother-tongue-classrooms-give-a-better-boost-to-english-study-later" target="_blank">http://mg.co.za/article/2013-10-18-mother-tongue-classrooms-give-a-better-boost-to-english-study-later</a></p>

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