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Language Development Through the Basic Concepts Programme, By Ramona Greene

Ramona Greene

I was placed at Portavue Primary School through Stanford University’s Engaged Learning Internship in Cape Town.

My mediator training for the Basic Concepts Programme (BCP) illustrated a stark difference between the way I had been taught in primary and secondary school in the United States.

I arrived at Portavue Primary School with an apprehension of how the BCP would be received by the learners because of my unfamiliarity with the learning style.

My first session with the learners was about Colour. After my first day at Portavue I thought the BCP was not suited for the majority of my learners because the learners already knew their colors.

However, as the programme would prove to me, the knowledge of a concept by the learners was not the only marker of growth that would take place through the use of the BCP sessions.

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