Answer to Question #233944 in English for Xitshembiso

Question

Pretorius et al (2016) and Willenberg (2018) recommend that teachers in training should be properly skilled to teach children how to read for comprehension. Explain why you think this is important. (6 marks)

Answer 1

South Africa's current school curriculum places a high quality on literacy as a means to both personal development and the nation's economic success. The country has a reading crisis, and thus there is a need to be fixed comprehensively. Teachers should be properly skilled to teach students reading for comprehension since it helps learners develop the skills, knowledge, and experiences they must have if they are to become experienced and passionate readers. Reading for comprehension is helpful to learners as it increases;

The learners’ capacity to use context

It improves their vocabulary

It enables learners to come up with questions about the text they are reading

It is also helpful as it enables learners to look for the main ideas

It helps them to make a summary of what they have read