Is multilingual approach to teaching Mathematics solution to poor performance?
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While experts say South Africa's real maths problem is language, Professor of mathematics and University of Cape Town deputy vice-chancellor of research and internationalisation Mamokgethi Phakeng believes the solution lies in a multilingual approach to mathematics teaching, rather than in imposing home languages on students. On the Forum@8 this morning, Sakina Kamwendo spoke to her about the link between mother tongue and learning mathematics...
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