Exploratory Study of Teachers’ Perceptions, Beliefs andPractices: Teachers’ Recognition of the Necessary Link between Pre-tertiary and Tertiary Study of EFL in Algeria

Abstract

An investigation of coordination and the link that should exist between pre-tertiary and tertiary study of EFL was carried out. The study relied only on one means of research for implementation: the questionnaire. The questions mainly sought direct answers about the kind of linkage between the aforementioned phases either in the form of coordination or other ones. The issues which are addressed are: the nature of contact, taking one form or another, between teachers of pre-tertiary and tertiary study of EFL; criteria of syllabus design at university; and sources of pedagogical solutions to some problems that teachers of pre-university study of EFL might face. The results are analyzed and subsequent implications are formed.