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1974

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The Teaching Of English In Africa: An Evaluation Through Interviews With Former Teachers, Lucy Lawson Jan 1974

The Teaching Of English In Africa: An Evaluation Through Interviews With Former Teachers, Lucy Lawson

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This project concerns itself with the Problems of English Teaching in Africa and suggestions toward improvement.

The writer, after three years' experience in American public schools, universities, and other educational programs, has come to realize that there is much to be done to improve teacher training methods and techniques in the teacher training colleges and in-service training of teachers in Africa. Workshop programs with new and developing materials of teaching and techniques are recommended as one solution to these deficiencies.

The ideas in this paper grew out of interviews with former American teachers of English in Africa and also articles …