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ELSON Mandela Bay will be part of the country’s record breaking attempt to read books for over 13 000 children today, Wednesday 5 March.
World Read Aloud Day is part of the Nal’ibali reading for enjoyment campaign. It calls on all South Africans to read the same story aloud to their children, school pupils, reading club members and other children in their lives to promote the importance of reading aloud in literacy development. According to Sally Mills, Networks and Communications Coordinator of the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA),the Nal’ibali reading campaign reached 13 000 children last year. PRAESA is driving the Nal’ibali Campaign in all the official languages in South Africa. According to Mills, Nal’ibali will be promoting a special story, How Stories Began, which is a traditional isiZulu story which is retold by the renowned South African Children’s books author, Cape Town-based Wendy Hartman. The story is currently available in all 11 official languages on the website www.nal’ibali.org. “Research shows that reading aloud is a really important part of building the language, knowledge and motivation all children require as they learn to read,” said PRAESA Director, Dr Carole Bloch. The focus this year is on motivating parents and caregivers to read to the children in their lives a little bit more, every day, as reading aloud was a great way to make stories a part of daily life, she said. Nelson Mandela Bay will also be part of the campaign thanks to the Nal’ibali Cluster mentor Malusi Puwe whose love for reading has earned him the title. Puwe, who is PRAESA-trained with more than 20 years of reading experience, will be hosting readings from clubs in Uitenhage, Zwide and Motherwell. Puwe starts commu-
nity reading clubs and assists existing clubs in the community and schools around Nelson Mandela Bay. Writing in the South African Journal of Education, UWC academic Dr Sharita Bharuthram said, “Over the past two decades there has been much written in the literature about
the importance of reading and the importance of teaching students reading strategies to improve their reading comprehension.” “Reading is one of the most important academic tasks encountered by students. Students in higher education are exposed to a number of texts and textbooks that require
independent reading,” according to Bharuthram. At this level, they are expected to comprehend what they read so that they can analyse, critique, evaluate and synthesize information from various sources. According to Puwe, to be able to do this, they must be encouraged to love reading.
Getting ready to read aloud today as part of a world record attempt are these Grade1 pupils of Phendla Primary School, (from left) Qamani Gwashu, Liyanda Mbelekene, Azile Mzizi, Sinesipho Matinise with their teacher, Fundiswa Dolonga. PHOTO:LIZEKA TANDWA
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