Igbo teachers found: 5

I am Nigerian and British. I grew up speaking Igbo and loving our culture and worried that if major investments are not made to keep the Culture alive then it will become extinct. I currently live in London and can see the struggle of parents to achieve teaching their children the language. I started to teach out of passion. My first student is my daughter and we use the walk to school time to revise the language. She is getting confident to teach her friends and teachers any new word she learns. I have worked at various levels in the private and public sector but now focused on building a platform that promotes the African culture. My first task is to focus on my native language Igbo. I am enjoying the impact and feedback from my students and parents. I am internally motivated, resilient and driven. I make my class fun, interactive, relaxed creating a home setting so students are comfortable to make mistakes and correct them. I use stories to paint pictures of our culture. I a...

I was born and raised in a beautiful Igbo town in the South Eastern part of Nigeria.Growing up,Igbo is the predominant language spoken in my town. Spending a lot of time with my parents and grandparents enriched me with the beautiful stories of the Igbo people and Igbo land. The quest to keep Igbo language and culture alive made me take it up as a course in the university and my love for Igbo language and culture made me develop a huge interest in teaching because I know that someone out there needs to learn this beautiful language and rich cultural heritage. I have been teaching Igbo language for over seven years and my unique teaching styles have endeared my students to me. I have taught learners of different ages and backgrounds both children and adults. I have prepared students for several Igbo language internal and external examinations and the results were splendid. I have taken learners that have no knowledge of Igbo from beginner to conversational level. My strength lie...

Hello, my name is Ada short for Adanma, I am a Nigerian and also resident in Nigeria. I am from the Igbo tribe, so I grew up listening, learning and speaking Igbo language as well as observing omenala ndi' Igbo. I have a BSc in Biochemistry, a 120-Hour TESOL Certificate, a UN Certificate of Appreciation for my role as an Igbo Language Instructor in the China Africa Peace Initiative (CAPI) and three years teaching experience in both classroom teaching and online tutoring. My specialty includes Igbo language for beginners, conversational Igbo and Igbo language for travel purposes. As a classroom teacher I taught pupils' between the ages of 7-9 years but as an online tutor, I teach students of different age groups using various methodologies such as interactions, role plays, storytelling, presentations, songs and any spontaneous creative thoughts that pops into my head. I don't depend on a methodology because every student is different hence I test each student and decide what styl...

My name is Eluwa Nkemdirim, and i live in Canada. I taught Igbo as a teacher in both primary and secondary schools in Abuja and i worked for over 10 years with students at various levels, ranging from grade 1 to grade 9. I am also an Igbo author and have written textbook series approved by the Education Resource Center. The body responsible for recommending school text books. I also have Igbo cartoons, Kiddies songs and animated dramas in Igbo for various age groups to help in learning efficiently. I have organised cultural dance and songs for students during inter-school competitions and presentations when i was the head of department of Igbo Language in Abuja.I incorporate video songs when teaching kids at beginner level, I have a quite number of them that cover topics on Alphabet, numbers, birds, animals, greetings, cleanliness and many more. short comprehensive reading and dialogue lessons are provided as the student progresses. There's also short fable stories for kids to...