One of the days, I gave my grade 8 a language related math problem. It became evident that there were struggling and I opted for vernacular, they understood and then they were able to solve the problem. Language is really an issue when it comes to problem solving. I wish somebody out there can make our educationist/curriculum developers make it a point this matter is addressed before it's too late.
The problem was "The sum of the two numbers is 2 1/4 and one of the numbers is 1 2/7. Find the other number." They were struggling and some of them added these numbers since they know that sum has to do with addition. I was really concerned as this is basic arithmetic having to do with language. I wish we can do justice to our learners before the damage is too big and unbrearable at grade 12 level, where everybody seem to whoo-ha!
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