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[Harold Schiffman]

 haroldfs at gmail.com has shared a Mail & Guardian article

 Mother-tongue classrooms give a better boost to English study
later<http://mg.co.za/article/2013-10-18-mother-tongue-classrooms-give-a-better-boost-to-english-study-later/>

  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...continue
reading<http://mg.co.za/article/2013-10-18-mother-tongue-classrooms-give-a-better-boost-to-english-study-later/>

Source:
http://mg.co.za/article/2013-10-18-mother-tongue-classrooms-give-a-better-boost-to-english-study-later






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