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Fikile Simelane

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Fikile Simelane

Fikile Simelane is a lecturer in the Department of Childhood Education at the University of Johannesburg’s Soweto campus.

After the release of the Reading Panel’s 2023 report, we have again been reminded of the shocking state of reading competence in our schools.
EARLY GRADES READING ASSESSMENT

What can go wrong in the teaching of reading?

Helping a novice reader is so much more than teaching them the names of letters

  • Fikile Simelane
  • Elizabeth Henning
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