Reading celebrated at Springs Technical High School
The school has put in various plans to improve its learners’ reading and writing abilities to best prepare them for matric and beyond.
Springs Technical High School celebrated World Reading Aloud Week on Thursday and Friday.
The school has put in various plans to improve its learners’ reading and writing abilities to best prepare them for matric and beyond.
“One of the most effective ways to boost a learner’s reading and comprehension abilities is to make them read the text aloud to themselves and their classmates.
“When they read aloud, they get to hear the words better and pick up on their mistakes.
“It also allows them to engage with the text in a more meaningful and invested way, especially when it comes to specific words,” said district subject advisor for English and Afrikaans Tessa Conradie-Arends.
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The school has launched a reading club run by reading champion Quinton Mlaza and library coordinator Mmathabo Mdhluli.
Members of the club pick a subject in which they are interested, ranging from history, finance and history, and are then given a book to read every month.
They then meet at the library every day for 30 minutes during break and read aloud to each other, and discuss what they have read.
“We are getting them to engage with books outside of the curriculum and the class.
“There is no pressure for them to impress their teachers; it is all about enjoying the act of reading,” said Mdhluli.
She is impressed with the response she has seen from the learners and can see that many of them have started to love reading.
Conradie-Arends is amazed by the reaction she has seen from schools around the country during this week.
“I am getting countless messages and videos from teachers and schools showing the learners reading aloud together and enjoying themselves,” she said
The school encourages parents to keep books at home and read to their children when they come home from school.
“Having books around in the home will help encourage and instil a love of reading in these young children,” said Conradie-Arends.
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