An earlier study had raised doubts about the effectiveness of learning English in the first grade. Now, researchers have observed that it improves language performance over an extended period of time.
Across Africa, millions of children grow up speaking African languages at home but are later expected to learn through English, French or Portuguese at school. This transition can make learning ...
An international research team has examined how English lessons in primary school affect language proficiency in this subject in secondary school. Children who started learning English in the first ...