John Tombola Barabara-DAAD Stipendiat

Anschrift:

Otto-Friedrich-Universit?t Bamberg
Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine P?dagogik
Markusplatz 3
96047 Bamberg

Biografie

Education:

  • Since 2023: PhD student at the University of Bamberg. Topic:  Developing Learners’ Oral communication through Tasks: Perceptions of Secondary School Teachers from DRC. 1st supervisor:Professor Dr. Annette Scheunpflug.
  • 2017-2019: M.A. in Educational Quality for Developing Countries, University of Bamberg. Thesis: Cognitive activation by complex tasks in English textbooks: case of English for Africa, “students’ books” in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • 2009-2014: B.A. in Applied Pedagogy, English Language Teaching from the Institut Supérieur Pédagogique of Bukavu (ISP Bukavu/DRC).
  • 2002-2008: Secondary education, section of General Pedagogy, at Kabamba high school, Bukavu/DRC

 

Professional experience:

  • March 2020 –present: Pedagogic adviser, Coordination of CBCA schools in South Kivu.
  • December 2017- January 2020: CBCA School Vice Principal, Tuendelee high school.
  • November 2014 – present: Member of the teaching staff in the Department of English at Institut Supérieur Pédagogique of Bukavu (ISP/Bukavu).
  • September 2013 –July 2015: Teacher of English at Bugabo secondary school, Bukavu.
  • September 2012 – July 2014: Teacher of English at La Promesse secondary school, Bukavu.

Forschung

Research Areas:

  • English language teaching
  • Tasks and oral communication
  • Educational Quality

Publications:

  • Tombola, B. J. (2021). Cognitive activation by complex tasks in secondary school English textbooks: “English for Africa” in the Democratic Republic of Congo [Master thesis, University of Bamberg]. Burate: PIASS.
  • Kaleba, W. J. & Tombola, B. J. (2017). English as a language of community problem solving and conflict resolution: the case of English clubs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In E.J. Erling (Ed.), English across the fracture lines: The contribution and relevance of English to security, stability and peace (pp. 129-136). London: Spring Gardens.

 

Conferences:

Lectures:

  • Tombola, J. B. (2023). Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bamberg Teacher Education for a Global World (BaTEG), online.
  • Tombola, J. B. (2020). Reflecting tasks in textbooks to enhance global learning. 5th IMPEQ Conference, Huye/Rwanda.
  • Tombola, J. B. (2019). Cognitive activation by complex tasks in English textbooks: Case of English for Africa, “students’ books” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Symposium, Bamberg.