A Traditional Dance Lesson as Approach to the Teaching of National Languages and Cultures in Cameroonian Secondary Schools

Abstract

Although the teaching of some National Languages and Cultures (Henceforth,NLC) was overlooked over the years in Cameroon, a ministerial circular inSeptember 2012 authorized the teaching of NLC in some pilot schools inCameroon. After identifying the major problem faced by teachers in pilotschools notably the designing of appropriate NLC lesson plans, this articleproposes a traditional dance lesson plan which could act as a source ofinspiration not only for teachers in the NLC pilot schools, but also to studentteacherswho generally find difficulties in designing lesson plans while oninternship. The article reviews different approaches proposed to be used in theteaching of NLC, after analyzing government ' s measures in favour of NLC andthe objectives of teaching NLC in Cameroon.