A comparative analysis of the phonological acquisition of consonants in the speech of pre-school age isiXhosa and English-speaking children in selected schools in the East London area
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2014
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University of Fort Hare
Abstract
The problems of reading and incomprehension found in South African schools are
often linked to children‟s differences of phonological acquisition rates and the
articulation of consonants. This is according to the report of the Impact Study of the
System Method for Reading Success study (SMRS) of 2009. This problem has
always been associated with the racial inequalities that have previously ruled the
South African education system. An understanding of the existence of the
differences in children‟s articulation of consonants between the English-speaking
and the isiXhosa-speaking children may lead to further understanding of the causes
of such differences and the application of strategies that are aimed at remedying that
situation.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology, Distinctive features (Linguistics), Consonants, Phonetics, Articulation disorders -- South Africa -- Eastern Cap