Authors: Department of Basic Education
Published: 2018
Since 2011 the Department of Education produced free Literacy workbooks in all the home languages for all primary education school grades R to 6.
Annotation: From 2011 the Department of Education produced free Literacy workbooks in all the home languages for all primary education school grades R to 6. The whole project was headed by Professor Veronica McKay.
Each workbook is made up of 128 easy-to-follow worksheets for listening, reading and writing practice. The workbooks are organised into four double-page spread worksheets per week, divided over eight weeks per term. All workbooks comply with the latest Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS).
These workbooks can be downloaded from:
https://www.education.gov.za/Curriculum/Workbooks/tabid/574/Default.aspx
There are also some attempts at interactive computerised versions which can be downloaded from:
https://www.education.gov.za/Curriculum/LearningandTeachingSupportMaterials(LTSM)/Workbooks/InteractiveWorkbooks.aspx
For Microsoft Windows and Android operating systems
Home language (English Grades R, 1 [Book 2], 3 [Book 2], and 4) (Afrikaans Grade R)
English FAL (Grade 2 [Book 2])
For Windows, Apple MacIntosh and Android operating systems
Home language (Afrikaans, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa, Zulu)
For Adobe AIR on Windows and Apple MacIntosh operating systems
English FAL Grades 1 to 3
Keywords: Literacy, Reading, Materials
Authors: New Readers Publishers
Published: 2019
New Readers Publishers develops and supports adult literacy and basic English Second Language skills by producing easy to read books in all South African languages for the entertainment and education of adult new readers. Many of the books are also read and enjoyed by children. New Readers Publishers is a non-profit publishing project originally started in 1991 and housed by the Centre for Adult Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, until 2014. It is now an independent initiative which has made digital versions of all of the New Readers Publishers books available online. The use of these e-versions is free for non-commercial purposes via a Creative Commons Licence (Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivates 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) International licence). New Readers Publishers retains the copyright. The books can be downloaded, printed or read online in pdf format.
Keywords: Language, Literacy, Reading, Adult basic education
Authors: Moll, I. (Ed.)
Reference: Moll, I. (Ed.). 2006. Fundamentals in ECD – Communications. Level One. Learner’s Manual. Johannesburg: South African Institute for Distance Education
Moll, I. (Ed.). 2006. Fundamentals in ECD – Communications. Trainer’s Manual. Johannesburg: South African Institute for Distance Education
Zenex Foundation materials designed by SAIDE and Woz’obona on Fundamentals for Communications at NQF Level One, in English. It uses a problem centred approach. The materials were originally designed for ECD practitioners studying at NQF Level 1 (meeting the requirements of five NQF level 1 unit standards to gain a qualification in Communications (Unit Standards 12462, 119641, 119631, 12469, and 119636) to gain a part qualification in Early Child Development at NQF Level 1). The course comprises learner and trainer materials.
Keywords: Language, Literacy, Reading, Primary, Early childhood development (ECD)
Authors: Pretorius, E.J. and Murray, S
Published: 2020
Reference: Pretorius, E.J. and Murray, S. 2019. The expert reading teacher. Johannesburg: Zenex Foundation
A set of materials designed to teach Foundation Phase teachers how to teach reading. They are high quality materials developed by academics in collaboration with teachers. This collaboration resulted in materials that are highly structured, using a systematic approach to the teaching of reading. The materials address various aspects of the reading process, including language concepts and vocabulary building.
They are written in English, but include a comprehensive list of literacy concepts explained in three languages, namely, English, isiXhosa and isiZulu.
Keywords: Literacy, Reading, Language
The Department of Basic Education Literacy Workbooks
