The English Language Teacher Profile: From Bacs To Baks

Résumé: Priority in teacher education in Algeria has recently been re-oriented towards in- service training. Even though it is not explicitly stated in official documents from the Ministry of National Education, the evidence for the trend shows in the assignment of new roles to the Teacher Training Colleges (I.T.E.S in the vernacular), which used to provide pre-service training. Apart from the change of name, from ITES to IFCES, the few training colleges which have managed to survive the re-structuring into university colleges or lycées are geared to the collective and/or individual needs of teachers already on the job. Another adduced proof for the insistence on in-service training is the elaboration of annual programs for the “re-cycling” of teachers on service.

Publié dans la revue: Revue Maghrébine des Langues