معتقدات أساتذة اللغة الإنجليزية حول تدريس مادتهم بالمرحلة المتوسطة English teachers’ beliefs about teaching their subject matter at middle school stage

Abstract

This qualitative study aims to explore the English teachers’ beliefs about teaching their subject matter at middle school stage in Tamanrasset. The interviews were used to collect the data. It was found that some teachers’ beliefs about teaching English were wrong, while others were right, such as the objective of teaching English in middle schools, syllabus, competency- based approach techniques, the learners. The study interpreted the divergence of those beliefs from what it shoud be by the neglecting the teachers as practictioners of the reform, in orther to activate English teaching In Algeria, it is urgent to base too on those beliefs to make change in real teaching practices; the study also mentioned to the resources of teachers’ beliefs such as their experience as students, and the education stage.