The South African Journal of Communication Disorders

SAJCD

CPD December 2011

Special edition on education

CPD questionnaires must be completed online via www.cpdjournals.co.za.
After submission you can check the answers and print your certificate.

1. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Literacy can be defined as one's ability to read and speak.

2. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Literacy skills of South African grade 5 learners are better than those of learners in neighbouring countries.

3. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Language problems of children learning in their L2 have the most significant impact on their achievement in mathematics.

4. **True (A) or false (B):**
   The noise level in a classroom has little or no impact on learners' reading skills.

5. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Teachers identified limited reading and writing opportunities as a barrier to learning written language.

6. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Teacher-learner ratios can affect reading comprehension of learners.

7. **True (A) or false (B):**
   The home/social community can influence learners' academic success.

8. **True (A) or false (B):**
   The acquisition of listening skills is important in acquiring phonological awareness.

9. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Phonological awareness is a predictor of reading and writing success.

10. **True (A) or false (B):**
    Classroom instruction in the home language is important during the foundation phase of schooling.

11. **True (A) or false (B):**
   The majority of teachers in the Wium & Louw study used English as the language for learning and teaching in classrooms.

12. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Currently 30% of SLTs in South Africa have an African language as first language.

13. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Rhyming is a common occurrence in African languages.

14. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Learning and teaching in a second language can have a negative emotional impact on the learner and teacher.

15. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Language factors are the only contributors to academic success.

16. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Academic language skills are usually acquired through casual conversation.

17. **True (A) or false (B):**
   In South Africa, sufficient attention is paid to educational linguistics.

18. **True (A) or false (B):**
   White Paper 6 (Department of Education, 2011) omitted the role of SLTs in the educational setting.

19. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Parental beliefs about literacy can have an impact on writing skill development.

20. **True (A) or false (B):**
   Teachers' skills to facilitate language development in the classroom can be enhanced by CPD activities.