دفاتر في اللسانيات والتعليمية
Volume 6, Numéro 1, Pages 58-67
2016-06-30

Teacher Professional Development: A Challenging Perspective In Esp Settings

Authors : Ziani Melouka .

Abstract

All along history, the teacher has gone through a variety of practices; from merely a provider of knowledge to a facilitator of the acquisition of knowledge. The teacher then, needs to be sufficiently equipped with the necessary skills and competencies in order to face the meeting challenges of the twenty first century learners. Unfortunately, some of our learners are usually confronted to teachers who have been launched into classrooms without any training which prepares them to face classroom difficulties .The present paper highlights the deficiencies existing in some departments where English is taught for specific purposes. The findings obtained revealed that teachers of English in the department of sociology were not trained to teaching ESP and lack the competencies in designing courses for sociology students.

Keywords

Teacher Professional Development - ESP Settings