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With Arnauld Aguidissou, Aïché Bâ, Tidiane Cissé, Djibril Diouf, Amadou Mamadou Djigo, Mahamoudou Djittèye, Godefroy Marie Julien Gaméné, N’guessan Kanga, Mohamed Khattar, Aristide Kodjahon, Tamba Ngom, Issa Sylla, Kossi Toto, Christian... more

With Arnauld Aguidissou, Aïché Bâ, Tidiane Cissé, Djibril Diouf, Amadou Mamadou Djigo, Mahamoudou Djittèye, Godefroy Marie Julien Gaméné, N’guessan Kanga, Mohamed Khattar, Aristide Kodjahon, Tamba Ngom, Issa Sylla, Kossi Toto, Christian Paulin Zouré. The English Language in Francophone West Africa examines the language situations in eight West African nations – Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Togo – in order to identify the roles that English plays in those countries. It then describes the ways in which English is taught, who teaches it, how learners and their teachers perceive the language and what opportunities there are for people in the region who wish to take up English teaching as a career. The book is based on research commissioned by the British Council and carried out by a team of 14 English teachers and trainers from across the region. The team was co-ordinated by Hywel Coleman, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Education, University of Leeds.