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Browsing Research Articles by Author "Mokhele, Itumeleng Rethabile"

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    The didactic unit in the elaboration of teaching contents
    (University Yahia Fares Medea, 2022-06) Mokhele, Itumeleng Rethabile
    This article seeks to interrogate the use of the instructional unit as a teaching resource in resource-poor secondary schools. A qualitative approach was used to conduct this study. A semi-open-ended questionnaire was used to collect data from 10 teachers who participated in the study. The theory of change was adopted for this study because some of the accompanying teachers resisted the use of the didactic unit by the French as a Foreign Language trainees during their teaching practice. The results indicate that most of these teachers do not know the notion of the didactic unit. Thus, they do not use it in their courses. By its functions and steps that can be applied in any country, this study reveals that it can function as a pedagogical resource in institutions that lack pedagogical resources through authentic documents. In conclusion, teachers of French as a foreign language in secondary schools in Lesotho need training and motivation to accept that the field of French language teaching is evolving and this requires flexibility to be open to new things brought by the trainees.
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    Integration of the French language teacher-trainees experiences of the teaching practice into the course quality enhancement at one university in Lesotho
    (International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2019-05-31) Mokhele, Itumeleng Rethabile
    The study focuses on integrating student-teachers’ experiences of the teaching practice into the quality enhancement of the course on Curriculum and Teaching of French language at a university in Lesotho. It was noticed during the lesson observations that students’ teachers who have registered for the course struggled to apply teaching methods learnt theoretically in practice. This called for immediate intervention in the form of research undertaking as the situation impacted on the quality of the course. Hence the investigation centres on “how does the integration of teacher -trainees’ experiences of the teaching practice improve the quality of the course on curriculum and teaching of French language at the university?” was conducted. The nature of the study called for both qualitative and quantitative data, hence mixed methods approach is used. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection because the study sought both experiences, opinions on how the course could be improved as well as the aggregation of some responses. Fourth year students undertaking the course on curriculum and teaching of French language during the 2016/2017 academic year constituted the population for the case under study. Findings indicate that most student-teachers of French language found the teaching practice to be challenging. In conclusion the study shows that integrating student teachers’ experiences of the teaching practice can contribute to the quality enhancement of the course under investigation.
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    Report on institutions' constraints and successes of French language education in Lesotho
    (European Journal of Foreign language Teaching, 2018) Mokhele, Itumeleng Rethabile
    The aim of the baseline study is to find perspectives of various institutions involved in the teaching of French language in Lesotho. The student-teachers from the National University of Lesotho who specialise in French language education failed to implement the teaching methods that they acquired theoretically during their internship program in various local schools which offer French language. They indicated that in-service teachers did not let them use the communicative approach to teach French language. As the study is interested in institutional constraints and successes of French language in various institutions, qualitative methodology was used because it allows the researcher to have the personal contact [sic] and insight , getting close to the people , the situation and the phenomenon under study (Sarantakos, 1998:47). Focus Group Discussion comprising of eight participants was used as the data collection tool while the stakeholder theory constituted the theoretical framework for the study. Findings show that all the participating institutions experienced both successes and challenges even though the latter outweighed the former. It is concluded that challenges in one institution affect operations in another in various ways hence it is recommended that stakeholders meet regularly to review their progress in relation to solutions envisaged by this study.