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The intermediate phase is a critically important period in schooling, when most learners make the transition from learning in their home language to using English as the language of learning and teaching. Learners and teachers find it a daunting time. There are language and literacy challenges in learning English as a subject, added to the linguistic complexities of classrooms in Urban areas. Recent research has indicated that many intermediate phase learners are also still not fluent readers. Teaching English as a first additional language in the intermediate and senior phase will help teachers overcome these classroom challenges.