A programme that inculcates a culture of reading

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Channel: SABC News · 2018 · News & Politics

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It was only a month ago, in December 2017, that Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) reported that almost 80% of grade 4 learners in South Africa are unable to read with comprehension. Reuphus Leso is a Wits Honours Graduate who specialised in Early Literacy.  For the past 5 years he has been practising as a foundation phase teacher and recently started his own reading classes, reading to young children to cultivate the culture and love of reading in them, which also helps increase their vocabulary, Reuphus joins us in studio.

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