Core Academic Language Skills (CALS): An… : DASH Story 2021-11-18
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In South Africa we are working to raise English standards in student teachers, so that they have the CALS to carry the other subjects they teach in English, and also, are better able to teach English themselves. Most of our teachers do not speak English as a mother tongue, but need to teach in it as a medium of instruction. We are developing tests based on CALS items, to assess student teachers' English at first and final year of the B.Ed degree