the place and role of language teasing in pre-service and in-service teachers'training in algeria

Abstract

The present study aims at investigating the place and role of language testing in the preservice and in-service preparation and training of English as a foreign language teachers in Algeria. More specifically, it seeks to investigate whether the perceived training equips these teachers with the necessary knowledge, skills, and methodologies to design and score their own language tests. Two research instruments were used namely a questionnaire and an interview. The questionnaire was handed to twenty secondary school teachers of English in four different secondary schools in Jijel, while the interview was conducted with an English language inspector. The obtained results revealed that English language teachers were to a large extent aware of the importance of language testing in their training. However, most of them have few opportunities to be trained in language testing practice