Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2016-048
Jane Hale served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chad from 1970 to 1972. She was already proficient in French before applying to the Peace Corps. She began training in Quebec at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere, and continued training in Niamey, Niger. Her preparation included teacher training, student teaching, and instruction in Chadian Arabic. In Chad, Hale was stationed in Abéché, where she taught English as a foreign language (TEFL) in a lycée (secondary school) that provided no text books. The interview includes a discussion of "cross-cultural training," as well as a description of the role of a Peace Corps volunteer in an area where there were many European workers. Interviewed and recorded by Phyllis Noble, August 8, 2016. 3 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).