INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY

Celebrating International Literacy Day Backchat went out to ask different teachers how important adult and child literacy is in one’s life. This is what they had to say:

Juffrou Ashley Daniels

“Imagine you are deaf and mute and you cannot communicate because you are unable to write your message or people are unable to read your message, because they cannot read or write--- then you are really cut off from the rest of the world.”

Juffrou Deborah Mazwi

1.     If parents read for their children and they listen attentively it will help with pronunciation and builds their vocabulary.

2.     Reading stimulates the imagination of the child.

3.     Reading to your children is an everlasting bond.

4.     If children see their parents reading they will follow their example.

5.     Lees verbreed jou kinders, dit stimuleer jou verbeeldings.

6.     Lees is ontspanned, dit kalmeer kinders.

Juffrou Tia Swarts

“Helping someone to read and write effectively or acquire the basic math skills so many of us take for granted, improves the future of everyone in society. Literacy is critical to economic development as well as individual and community well-being.”

Juffrou Smit-Wright

“Literacy is very important because it allows us to communicate without misunderstanding. South Africa has 11 official languages and we used to be able to listen and understand one another. If we do not listen we misunderstand each other and this leads to conflict. Reading allows us to travel and explore places beyond our imagination.”

Done By 

Jasmine Mazwi