Name & Bio: Mamadou Sawadogo is a Ph.D. student in Language Sciences at University Joseph KI-ZERBO, Burkina Faso, and is a certified English teacher of junior and senior high schools. His research aims to analyze teaching practices related to the introduction of English at the primary level and to assess their sociolinguistic implications in Burkina Faso’s multilingual context.

Home Country: Burkina Faso

Dissertation Title: The Implementation of English in Primary Education in Burkina Faso: Teaching Practices and Multilingual Challenges

TIRF Research Topic Investigated: Plurilingualism and Multilingualism in Business, Industry, the Professions, and Educational Contexts