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Family Literacy Project (FLP)
http://www.familyliteracyproject.co.za/
South Africa, Republic
The Family Literacy Project’s aim is to make literacy a shared pleasure and valuable skill among families who have had very little formal education and who do not have the resources to buy books and other reading materials. The project work combines four thematic areas: Adult literacy, early learning and literacy, libraries and health. The learning is shared through courses, materials development, articles and at conferences. 8 facilitators work in villages in deep rural areas of southern KwaZulu-Natal, using school classrooms, community halls, churches, and community libraries for their meetings. They work with adults, teenagers and young children, using the Reflect approach to literacy development. Adult group members share what they learn in the literacy sessions with their neighbours, thereby reaching many households in each village. The initiators believe that families are the first and most important teachers a child will ever have. It is estimated that one million children in South Africa live in families where no adults are literate. Whatever the levels of literacy of the adults, the FLP’s premise is that every family can help prepare children to read and develop a love of books that will lay the foundation for future learning, relaxation and enjoyment.
Keywords
reading; promotion of reading; reading competence; literacy; parents; family; Lesemotivation; Lesekultur;
Resource type: | Institution/Organisation/Association |
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Language: | English |
URL (original): | http://www.familyliteracyproject.co.za/ |
Record-ID: | 7620 |
Update: | 02.09.2014 |
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