Exploring English in education policy in Algeria : obstacles to its promotion

الملخص EN

French in Algeria still dominates many aspects of the educational system, though English today dominates the globalized pedagogy.

The aim of the current paper is to give an overview of the language policy in Algeria especially the English language; as well as to investigate deeply the teachers’ standpoints regarding the obstacles that hinder the promotion of English in Algeria.

Based on the teachers’ responses to the questionnaire, the obstacles that limit the scope of English in Algeria are historical, political, pedagogical, economic, and sociocultural.