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years play, or should play, a critical role in the development <strong>of</strong> reading<br />

comprehension... (p. 241)<br />

Ngakho-ke othisha lapho belahlekelwe ngokuyiyona njongo yabakwenzayo lapho<br />

befundisa okubhaliwe, kusho ukuthi abasibo abakhombi bendlela abalungileyo enganeni,<br />

ngoba bayehluleka ukuyihola ukuba ikwazi ukufunda okubhaliwe ngempumelelo.<br />

Kwabonakala ukuthi nalapho othisha bechazela abafundi ngezincazelo zamagama,<br />

bakwenza lokhu bengakawuqali ukuwufunda umbhalo (labo ababili ababenezincwadi<br />

ezimbalwa zokufunda). Kanti labo abagxila emisindweni nakuba amanye evela kuzo<br />

izingane kodwa asukela emoyeni ngoba kusuke kungekho mbhalo <strong>of</strong>undwayo.<br />

Abawachazi lawo magama ngesikhathi umbhalo ufundwa. Lokhu kwakungawakhi<br />

umqondo ngoba lawo magama kuba uhlu nje lwawo, achazwe-ke nguthisha, ngaphandle<br />

kokuthi asetshenziswe esembhalweni kumbe kukhonjiswe kahle nokusetshenziswa<br />

kwawo ngendlela egculisayo ukuze izingane zithole ithuba lokuwasebenzisa. UGraves<br />

(2006) uthi:<br />

One way to build students’ vocabularies is to immerse them in a rich array <strong>of</strong><br />

language experience so that they learn words through listening, speaking,<br />

reading, and writing. (p. 5).<br />

Kanti futhi lokhu abakwenzayo kuphambene ne-social constructivism kaVygotsky (1978)<br />

ngoba i-socio-constructivism igcizelela ukuthi ukufunda kwenzeka endaweni lapho<br />

umfundi kanye nokwenzeka emphakathini nosikompilo kuhlangana, umfundi kuleyo<br />

ndawo kunguyena obambe iqhaza elibalulekile ekwakheni umqondo wokufundwayo,<br />

njengoba sengike ngachaza phambilini (Wilson & Yang, 2006). Ngale ndlela uHarry<br />

(2003), ubeka ukuthi bobabili uthisha nengane lapho kwakhiwa khona umqondo<br />

wokufundwayo, babamba iqhaza elibalulekile. Ngamanye amazwi lokhu futhi<br />

kuyakugqamisa ukungabi nalwazi ngenjongo yokufunda okubhaliwe ngokwama-social<br />

constructivists, ngoba ezifundweni zothisha abaningi lalingabonakali iqhaza elibalulekile<br />

elalibanjwe yizingane. Okwakwenzeka nje uthisha nguyena ‘oyinjini yolwazi’ njengoba<br />

sengike ngaveza.<br />

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