المجلة الجزائرية للأبحاث والدراسات
Volume 6, Numéro 3, Pages 696-711
2023-07-30

Evaluating Algerian Efl Teachers’ Knowledge About Autonomy In Foreign Language Education

Authors : Tebib Djalal .

Abstract

Although it has been proven to be all-important in the language classroom, learner autonomy is still a new and vague notion for a considerable number of English language teachers worldwide. This paper aims to check whether or not EFL teachers in Algeria know enough about learner autonomy in foreign language education. Accordingly, a questionnaire has been administered to a group of EFL teachers at the universities of Constantine and Setif. The analysis of data showed that the majority of teachers do not have accurate and extensive knowledge about learner autonomy. For them, it is a new notion that they rarely read about or consider promoting in the classroom.

Keywords

Teacher Autonomy ; Beliefs about Learner Autonomy ; Foreign Language Education.