Investigating bilingual literacy: Evidence from Malawi and Zambia - Education Research Paper No. 24, 1998, 99 p.

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Appendix F - Extracts from English reading test, 1994

Extract 1: Ruth and her brother

go ball old is good home

Ruth Phiri lives with her mother and father and her little brother, Moses. Ruth is eight years ________, and she goes to school. Moses ________ three years old. He doesn't ________ to school. He stays at _____________ with his mother.

Extract 2: Kalulu goes Fishing

eating but bicycle cooked hand fish

One morning Kalulu went fishing in the river. He caught a lot of ________, then made a fire and _________ the fish. While he was __________ the fish, Leopard saw him, __________ Kalulu didn't see Leopard.

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