Die evaluering van 'n taal- en luisterprogram in pre-primêre onderwys

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Research shows that approximately 40% of pre-school children in South Africa growup in poverty and that a lack of effective support for these children results in theirlearning potential being underdeveloped at pre-school level. It includes physicaldevelopment as well as language readiness. A compulsory Grade R year wasintroduced through the Department of National Education.Support programmes should be a priority for preschoolers as well as Grade 1 learners.Such a support programme is the language and listening programme. The aim of thisprogram is to eliminate the gap between language comprehension and languageusage. This study was undertaken to evaluate the existing language and listeningprogramme. A sample was taken of Grade R learners from the Western Cape. Achecklist was used to evaluate the experimental and thereafter the control group.The language and listening programme was presented over a period of approximatelyfour months and both groups were re-evaluated. Results have showed that thelanguage and listening programme have made a positive difference to the learners inthe experimental group. This difference was with the following variables:Discrimination, Sentences memory 12, Analysis, Clap, Take away, Initial sounds,Synthesis, Forms, Circle, Position, First expressive, Does not fit and Naming. Theconclusion was made that there is a significant difference in the level of learners whodid the programme as opposed to those who did not do the programme.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University