Teaching strategies to improve the writing skills for grade and 9 learners in English first additional language: a case study of Forth High School in the Cradock Education district

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dc.contributor.advisorPylman, Nen
dc.contributor.authorKalipha, Zimkhithaen
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-14T01:44:44Z
dc.date.available2026-08-14T01:44:44Z
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.description.abstractWriting skills is are an essential requirement to lifelong learner success yet the way teachers teach and provide feedback to their learners on writing is quite challenging. This study sought to explore the teaching strategies to improve writing skills as an essential requirement for effective learning in schools for grade 8 and 9 learners in English First Additional Language. For people living in the townships and rural areas in South Africa, exposure to English is limited, because the majority of people communicate with each other in local languages. With teachers and learners residing in the townships where communication occurs mostly in isiXhosa, problems in language proficiency, in particular writing in English First Additional Language, are often encountered not only by the learners, but by educators as well. This was a case study of four high schools in the Cradock Education District. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight participants in the four schools. There were eight main findings, which are as follows: Lack of support for teachers, lack of a culture of learning amongst learners, and lack of competence in English for both learners and parents, which need to be addressed; and strategies proposed to improve writing skills are: the importance of creative writing; regular feedback and the importance of drafts.en
dc.format181 leavesen
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dc.identifier.citationKalipha, Zimkhitha. 2014en
dc.identifier.othervital:16215en
dc.identifier.otherhttp://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1017297en
dc.identifier.otherTeaching strategies -- writing skillsen
dc.identifier.otherWriting skills -- Study and teaching -- South Africaen
dc.identifier.otherEnglish language -- Study and teaching -- South Africaen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/4742
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hareen
dc.publisherFaculty of Educationen
dc.rightsUniversity of Fort Hareen
dc.subjectTeaching strategies -- writing skillsen
dc.subjectWriting skills -- Study and teaching -- South Africaen
dc.subjectEnglish language -- Study and teaching -- South Africaen
dc.titleTeaching strategies to improve the writing skills for grade and 9 learners in English first additional language: a case study of Forth High School in the Cradock Education districten
dc.title.alternativeTeaching strategies to improve the writing skills for grade and 9 learners in English first additional language: a case study of Forth High School in the Cradock Education districten
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dc.typeMastersen
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