Elizabeth J. Pretorius

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E. J. Pretorius, E. Pretorius, ELIZABETH J. PRETORIUS, Elizabeth J Pretorius, Elizabeth J. Pretorius, Elizabeth Pretorius, Eunice Pretorius, Lilli Pretorius, Pretorius, Elizabeth J.

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University of South Africa Stellenbosch University University of Cape Town

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Elizabeth J. Pretorius is an author at University of South Africa specializing in education, language education, and literacy.

Top Concepts

#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Education	18	20	966
2	Language Studies	13	13	648
3	Health Sciences	2	2	149
4	Social Sciences	2	2	179
5	Business	1	1	74

Elizabeth J. Pretorius

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	Year	Citations
Reading ability and academic performance in South Africa: Are we fiddling while Rome is burning? Elizabeth J. Pretorius Language Matters EducationLanguage EducationSocial SciencesChild LiteracyUndergraduate Level	2002	166
Exploring relationships between oral reading fluency and reading comprehension amongst English second language readers in South Africa Elizabeth J. Pretorius, Nicholas Spaull Reading and Writing Second Language LearningSecond Language AcquisitionChild LiteracyReading ComprehensionMultilingualism	2016	117
Playing football without a ball: language, reading and academic performance in a high‐poverty school Elizabeth J. Pretorius, Deborah Maphoko Mampuru Journal of Research in Reading Second Language LearningMultilingualismLanguage DevelopmentEducationLanguage Education	2007	111
Investigating the comprehension iceberg: Developing empirical benchmarks for early-grade reading in agglutinating African languages Nicholas Spaull, Elizabeth J. Pretorius, Nompumelelo Mohohlwane South African Journal of Childhood Education Second Language LearningDeveloping Empirical BenchmarksMultilingualismLanguage DevelopmentReading Development	2020	102
Do the rich get richer and the poor poorer? Elizabeth J. Pretorius, Sally Currin International Journal of Educational Development Social InequalityEconomicsPublic PolicyRich GetBusiness	2009	74
The socio-educational context of literacy accomplishment in disadvantaged schools: Lessons for reading in the early primary school years Elizabeth J. Pretorius, Myrna Machet Journal for Language Teaching Literacy AccomplishmentEducationLanguage EducationLiteracy DevelopmentEarly Childhood Education	2004	67
Is reading in an agglutinating language different from an analytic language? An analysis of isiZulu and English reading based on eye movements Bertus van Rooy, Elizabeth J. Pretorius Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Second Language LearningMultilingualismLanguage DevelopmentEnglish ReadingLanguage Education	2013	47
Reading in a disadvantaged high school : issues of accomplishment, assessment and accountability Elizabeth J. Pretorius, Rita Ribbens South African Journal of Education Literacy AccomplishmentEducationLanguage EducationLiteracy DevelopmentEarly Childhood Education	2005	43
Reading comprehension in high-poverty schools: How should it be taught and how well does it work? Elizabeth J. Pretorius, Mirriam Lephalala Per Linguam High-poverty SchoolsLanguage DevelopmentEducationLanguage EducationLiteracy Development	2012	40
English as a second language learner differences in anaphoric resolution: Reading to learn in the academic context Elizabeth J. Pretorius Applied Psycholinguistics Second Language LearningSecond Language StudentsMultilingualismText StructureAnaphoric Resolution	2005	40

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