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Investigating the Comprehension Iceberg: Developing Empirical Benchmarks for Early-grade Reading in Agglutinating African Languages

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Reading development in agglutinating African languages is a relatively under-researched area. While numerous studies highlight the low comprehension levels among learners reading in African languages in South Africa, little has been done to probe beneath this ‘comprehension iceberg’ in terms of decoding skills.

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