My Presentation at the 2022 World Teachers' Day Event-H.O Lawal
- Hammed O. Lawal
- Dec 10, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 22, 2023
This year, our World Teachers’ Day Online Conference was designed to reach every teacher in every part of the world. The event took place on Saturday 1 October and offered 19 hours of online continuous professional development.
As with previous years, British Council TeachingEnglish hosted a series of talks, workshops and panel discussions. This year our theme was ‘'Teachers at the centre of a changing world''.
This unique online event moved around the globe with sessions happening in different time zones during the day. Starting in Vietnam and ending in Mexico, we provided teachers around the world with opportunities to attend the event in their own time zone and share ideas with teachers in their region and around the world.
World Teachers' Day Online Conference - Part 4: Sub-Saharan Africa
The fourth part of our World Teachers' Day Online Conference took place in Sub-Saharan Africa, hosted by British Council Senegal.
See below a list of the talks and panel discussions in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Speaker(s): Various, including Yiviri Rasifatu Tombir (Cameroon), Hammed Olalekan Lawal (Nigeria) and Khassoum Diop (Senegal)
About this session
This panel will explore how to make use of generally accessible technology for teaching languages and for teacher education. The panel will focus on tools like WhatsApp, or Telegram, but also consider podcasting. The initial emphasis of this panel is on promoting spoken language skills in the reality of the large classes we find in many schools in Africa and other parts of the world. However, we will also consider the role that such tools can place in teacher education. The three panellists will present their opening arguments and a short example of how they have used these technologies in their teaching. We will then invite the audience to talk about their own experiences or to ask questions.
About the panelists
Yiviri Rasifatu is a passionate ESL, EFL and Literature teacher at Government Bilingual High School Obala, Cameroon. She has a burning passion for continuing professional development. She is an instructional technology enthusiast and a PhD student at the University of Yaounde I. Her research interests include ELT (innovations in teaching approaches and assessment), promoting 21st-century skills and curriculum design. She is also a member of the Cameroon English and Literature Teachers' Association (CAMELTA)
Hammed Olalekan Lawal is an ESL teacher with a strong passion for material designing, lesson planning, and blogging. Some of his works can be found on www.elt-reflections.com. His research interests include language skills development, inclusiveness and technologies in ELT. He is registered under the Teachers' Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). He graduated from the now Lagos State University of Education and had a Bachelor's Degree in English and Education from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria as the best graduating student.
Khassoum Diop is a teacher and teacher trainer from Senegal. He has been teaching for 10 years now. He is a member of the ATES Pedagogical Commission and is also the Executive Secretary for Africa ELTA. He presented at many international virtual conferences including Nile TESOL, Africa ELTA Symposium, Africa ELTA and LAC TESOL joint webinar, International House London, and British Council Webinar Series.
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