Posts Tagged ‘Teaching English in Africa’

May 5th, 2008

English Takes over in Tanzania, Reading Revival in Nigeria

Nigeria: Group Advocates Reading Culture Revival
All Africa notes that the collapse of the Nigerian educational system has been attributed to the failure of teaching and learning (and not learning and teaching) of English Language in schools. President of The Pulitzar Club Nigeria , Mr. Henry-Otis Amurun said this during an Education Roundtable on ‘The Incipient […]

March 28th, 2008

Teaching English in Africa

After yesterday’s Euro news marathon, it’s high time I turned my attention to the TEFL scene in Africa:

South Africa: Speaking the Language of Hope by Teaching English

Through training the Themba women in English, Neilson Young Consulting (NYC) hopes to do more than teach them the basics of a new language. Rather, through building communication ability […]