These three South African children hear Sesotho at home, speak Sepedi with their friends and get their instruction in English at school. Could innovative language-based apps have a positive effect on children’s proficiency in multiple languages? We would like to find out…
Leap to Know has been announced a semifinalist in the Global Learning XPRIZE. Congratulations to all the team members for working so hard to make it this far! We have just returned from Los Angeles where we had to make a presentation on our Leap to Know app to a panel of 11 judges. You…
Watch a BBC clip of the Global Learning XPRIZE Competition. The Leap to Know app features too. [https://vimeo.com/222940007]
How can you help preschoolers and school starters to improve the skills they may have missed out on?
This TED talk contains many ideas worth spreading, especially in South African where studies have shown 58% of Grade-4-learners in South African cannot read: https://www.ted.com/talks/amel_karboul_the_global_learning_crisis_and_what_to_do_about_it?utm_campaign=tedspread–b&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
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We have just returned from a field testing trip in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Read about her experiences under our Field testing tab.