Teaching and assessing independent reading skills in multilingual African Countries: Not as simple as ABC

Leila Schroeder

Teaching and assessing independent reading skills in multilingual African Countries: Not as simple as ABC

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Leila Schroeder SIL International Kenya

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Angu, okugenderesya obhuturo bhwa abhaana bha Echiafrika mu-kusoma bheyagaarire, eyiija okusakira abheyigisya okusooka bhuraaya na jifurumbendo jeebhwe okwikirisimbwa mu-bhyaro bha Abhaafrika na mu-nyaika jinyafu? Anu echirora ati, okusoma emisango jinu jikaamirwe era, okukora abheyigisya okwiigisya mu-kanariiye era, amatokeo ga obhuyenjeresi bhwone inguru ya abhayiki bha inyaika ya Echijungu aamwi na rikusyo/obhutinge bhwa obhukaami na jinyaika ja Abhaafrika mu-bhwiganirisya ara. Nawe anye nitakwikirisyanya na ati, jiri-wo njira ebhiri ja ebhikaame era (Coltheart na Baron 1978, 2005) ja okusoma inguru ya okwiigisya abhaana mu-mbaga nyafu nyafu ja okwandika Afrika. Mwanya mwafu, obhutinge bhwa injira ya omusamiati (emisango) eitumika muno Afriko nooro obhwererwa uri inguru ya okutegeresya obhuraka amwi obhuku bhwa jinyaika ejo. Amwi na okurema okubha-wo kwa ebhiimu bhyafu na echiwango chitooto cha emirimu ja risoma, jinjira joone joone jinu jitakwikirisyanya na abhaanu bhanu, ejitura okwimusya echitimaato mubhataaramu bha risoma na amagenderero. (Translated to Jita [jit], a language of Tanzania, by Samson Zablon.)

Developing independent reading skills for African children: will strategies familiar to Western educators be appropriate in multilingual African contexts? The purpose of this chapter is to identify effective pedagogical strategies for African readers. The chapter re-examines certain reading theories and resulting instructional practices – all products of research on monolingual English language speakers – with African linguistic and orthographic characteristics in mind. Specifically, I challenge the applicability of Dual-Route theories (Coltheart & Baron, 1978, 2005) to reading pedagogy in most African writing systems. Lexical route strategies are often used in Africa, almost to the exclusion of phonological route strategies. With limited resources and low levels of functional literacy across the continent, any mismatch of methodologies should raise concern for literacy and development professionals.

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Language Issues in Comparative Education

Inclusive Teaching and Learning in Non-Dominant Languages and Cultures

Series: Comparative and International Education: Diversity of Voices, Volume: 24

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