Research in South Africa

Hoffman, J. V., Beretvas, N. & Pearson, P. D. (2004). Improving literacy instruction in South African schools: The Business Trust’s “Learning for living project”. Thinking Classrooms, 5, 26-33. 

Hoffman, J. V., Sailors, M., Mathee, B. & Makalela, L. (in press). Language Policy in High Performing South African Schools Serving Low-Income Communities:  What Works? Manuscript submitted to Literacy in Changing Times. Published by International Reading Association & Rutledge.

Sailors, M. (2004). The READ Educational Trust of South Africa. Thinking Classrooms, 5, 34-36. 

Sailors, M., Hoffman, J. V. & Condon, M. (in press). The challenges of developing leveled texts in and for developing countries: The Ithuba Writing Project of South Africa. In F. Hiebert & M. Sailors (Eds.). Finding the Right Texts for Beginning and Struggling Readers. New York: Guilford Press. (To be published in 2008).

Sailors, M., Hoffman, J. V., and Matthe, B. (2007). South African Schools that Promote Literacy Learning with Students from Low-Income Communities. Reading Research Quarterly, 42, 364-387.

Sailors, M., Hoffman, J. V., Pearson, P. D., & Beretvas, S. N. (under review). The Effects of First and Second Language Instruction in South African Rural Schools.  Manuscript submitted to the Bilingual Research Journal.

Sailors, M., Hoffman, J. V., Pearson, P. D., Beretvas, N. S., & Mathee, B. (2007). “Learning to read with READ:  Testing the effectiveness the “Learning for Living” project”. In C. S. Sunal and K. Mutua (Eds.). Research on Education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.  Greenwich, CN: Information Age Press.

Sailors, M., Makalela, L., & Hunt, G. (draft). Linguistic Pluralism in Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of and the Case for the Development and Use of Home Language Reading Materials. To appear in D. Wyse, R. Andrews, & J. Hoffman (Eds). The International Handbook of English, Language and Literacy Teaching. Taylor Francis. Anticipated publication 2009.