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Publication Date: 2021-Dec-13
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OFLEBO, an Online Teacher-Training Programme for Teachers of French in Botswana as an Example of Professionalisation
Kaome, Boingotlo Winnie; Foucher, Anne-Laure
Research-publishing.net, Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2021 Conference (29th, Online, Aug 26-27, 2021)
Technology has influenced not only our everyday lives, but our education systems and the opportunities for teacher development. The introduction of information and communications technology has presented new training platforms to respond to the needs of the workforce. While traditional institutions have greatly impacted teachers, there are now other viable outlets through which many of the required 21st century skills, such as professionalism, can be satisfied. Our project "OFLEBO" is one such example, an online training tool targeting the teaching of oral skills for in-service teachers of the French language in Botswana. This area was chosen because of the teachers' admission on finding teaching oral skills a challenging task. This paper therefore aims to study the professionalisation of teachers through the "OFLEBO" project. Professionalisation as a process is continuous, and practice is its focus, therefore the aim is to inspire the evolution of classroom practices concerning the teaching of oral skills. [For the complete volume, "CALL and Professionalisation: Short Papers from EUROCALL 2021 (29th, Online, August 26-27, 2021)," see ED616972.]
Descriptors: French, Oral Language, Faculty Development, Professionalism, Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Action Research, Secondary School Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Program Descriptions
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Botswana
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