You're Listening to English in Action
By Cassandra Herrman
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A school child leans against a desk at a farm school in Mpumulanga province. Photo by Mimi Chakarova. |
"English in Action" is a radio program that teaches English to black South African primary school children. It is broadcast by the Open Learning Systems Education Trust (OLSET), founded in 1990 when apartheid had all but destroyed learning in black South Africa.
Over half a million children across the country, from urban township to rural farm schools, listen to the program for half an hour daily. "English in Action" is a highly interative program, combining songs, games, story telling and language drills.
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School children at a farm school in Mpumulanga province. Photo by Mimi Chakarova. |
