Assignment 6 2025
Due Date: 20 October 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
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, QUESTION 1
Question 1A: Barriers to Learning
Category Barrier (1 Impact of the barrier on the Two ways in which Your suggestion for the
mark) learner (1 mark) other teachers school management
addressed the team on how to
barrier (2 marks) effectively support this
type of barrier (1 mark)
Systemic Overcrowded The learner struggled to Teachers arranged The SMT should advocate
Barrier classrooms receive individual attention group work to for smaller class sizes or
during lessons, often falling encourage peer provide teaching
behind in reading and written learning and used assistants to help manage
work because the teacher differentiated activities large groups effectively.
could not provide one-on-one so that stronger
support. learners could assist
others.
Societal Poverty and The learner often came to Teachers organised a The SMT should
Barrier lack of basic school hungry and without feeding scheme and strengthen partnerships
resources proper stationery or a school collected donated with NGOs and social
uniform, which affected uniforms and workers to support
concentration and confidence stationery from vulnerable learners
in class participation. community members. through ongoing feeding
and resource
programmes.
Pedagogic Language of The learner, whose home Teachers used The SMT should arrange
Barrier learning and language is isiZulu, struggled bilingual teaching regular teacher workshops
teaching to understand English methods and on multilingual education
(LoLT) instructions, resulting in poor displayed visual aids strategies and ensure that
mismatch comprehension and limited to support language language support
class participation. understanding. materials are available.
Sensory Hearing The learner missed important Teachers positioned The SMT should liaise
Impairment impairment verbal instructions and could the learner in the front with the district support
(Intrinsic) not fully participate in oral of the class and used team to secure hearing
activities, leading to isolation written instructions to aids and train staff in basic
and lower academic reinforce verbal sign language to promote
performance. lessons. inclusion.
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