New Educational Materials

Digital Learning Devices Released in South Africa

Johannesburg (ZA), August 2008 - Several new learning DVDs have been released in South Africa, including an ABC DVD made for South African children, a K53 Licence tutorial, a Zulu Language course, and information about labour laws.




The ABC DVD promotes early learning and is geared towards children aged 4-7. The process is based on the South African grade R and grade one syllabus. Children are taught the letters through sight and phonetic sounds. They are shown how to form the letters by associating them with familiar objects, animals, toys, or other children. Music is used in conjunction with entertaining narration.

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The K53 License tutorial on digital video teaches the road signs necessary to pass the learner's license and includes: Rules of the Road, The Road Test, The Yard Test, and checking your vehicle. You are physically taken to the test centre, and what you can expect and what you should do are illustrated. Cognitive learning principles are incorporated into the whole design of the DVD, which is available in Afrikaans, English and Zulu.


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The "Speak Zulu Today" course offers vocabulary and will show you how to construct sentences in the correct tenses. Marika Marais, a nationally acclaimed Zulu teacher, teaches the material, and the cognitive learning principals employed in this DVD make the lesson content easier to remember.


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The digital "Labour Law" course gives the viewer a better understanding of the rights and obligations of the employer and employee in an employment relationship. Contents include, amongst other topics, contracts, overtime, work hours, and health/injuries.


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