Implications for the teaching of English as a foreign language in Zaire arising from interference from French into English

• Main Author: Eloi, Kuswikidila Kibungu
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers; Second language acquisition; Congo (Democratic Republic) - Languages
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/5893

M.A. === This dissertation is focused on errors made by Zairean students who learn English as a foreign language; the difficulties encountered by teachers, which inhibit them from performing their work properly and from achieving the prescribed objectives. The analysis of the whole situation shows that many features need to be improved. The government has to define clearly the objectives of learning English in Zaire and thus revise the formation program for the teacher to be. The school must equip the teachers with modern didactic materials for a better performance of the actors in presence. Time-table as well as the curriculum need to be revised in accordance with the main objectives. Finally, the student's interest and his/her environment must be motivated to render the learning of English much easier.