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- Title
Die Voorspellingsgeldigheid van die ESSI lees- en speltoets vir nie-moedertaal primêreskoolleerders.
- Authors
Esterhuyse, Karel G. F.; Van Wyk, Debbie; Beukes, Roelf B. I.
- Abstract
Grade 5 to 7 learners descended from three African language groups in the Free State, namely Sesotho, isiXhosa, and Setswana, were included in the study. Predictive validity was investigated by correlating the learners' scores in the ESSI Reading and Spelling Test with their academic achievement. These correlations were done for the three African language groups separately, and in all the instances, coefficients with medium to large effect sizes were found. The results further indicated that the average achievement of learners of various language groups in a particular grade in the reading and spelling tests did not differ significantly from one another. It was also found that the two genders were indeed inclined to perform differently in the ESSI tests. Where significant differences were found, the girls obtained significantly higher average scores than the boys did.
- Subjects
SOTHO language; STUDENTS' language
- Publication
Journal for Language Teaching / Ijenali Yekufundzisa Lulwimi / Tydskrif vir Taalonderrig, 2016, Vol 50, Issue 2, p185
- ISSN
0259-9570
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4314/jlt.v50i2.9