The contribution of ELT reflective practice in compensating the lack of pre-service training

الملخص EN

Untrained Efl novice teachers suffer from a lack of readiness to implement what they have been taught in their pre-service training in-class.

with this background, this paper focuses on the very issue of the theory-practice gap, which, is caused by the lack of training.

this study aims at investigating the contribution of reflective practice in bridging the gap between theory and practice.

the data for the study were collected through a semi-structured interview with a sample of six Efl novice teachers at Tlemcen university.

the collected data revealed that reflective practice helps Efl novice teachers to become more aware of their own actions, more skillful and more knowledgeable about teaching.

finally, the paper provides some recommendations and suggestions about the necessity of programming reflective practice as a partial course for pre-service training.