Tim Hartigan, Ph.D.

Language & Learning

This May, the Rwandan Education Board created an English Language Skills competition for all 16 teacher training colleges throughout the country. Kabarore was the host for the Eastern Region, and we welcomed teacher trainers from Matimba, Zaza and Bicumbi. The competition was divided into four parts: Listening, Speaking (Debate), Reading and Writing. I coached the Kabarore team in listening. The students had to listen to an audio clip then write the answers in Round One, and then they had to listen to a second audio clip followed by oral questions in Round Two. The TTC Kabarore team came in second place. Mr. Aime finished fourth of twelve students, Ms. Teta Benise was fifth and Mr. Divine was sixth. Here they are hard at work on the writing portion of the listening test.