TESOL Undergrad Presents At National Conference

Elise St.Hill, a final year TESOL student, presenting her dissertation at the British Conference of Undergraduate Research on 19-20 March 2012.

Elise's presentation centred around the shortage of text books in Zanzibar schools - an issue she became passionate about during her year abroad working as an English language assistant in Zanzibar in 2011. During her time there, Elise worked in local schools, teaching pupils of a variety of ages, often in difficult circumstances. She observed that most schools in rural Zanzibar were underfunded and the majority of students were unable to afford to buy their own textbooks. She felt that this lack of resources really had a detrimental effect on the students' ability to become proficient in English. Her presentation was accompanied by a handout giving further details of her findings.