The effectiveness of secondary Schools’ English language teachers training programs in satisfying the teachers' professional needs

Abstract EN

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of secondary schools' English Language teachers ( In – service and Pre – service ) training programs and evaluate the role of these programs in preparing qualified English language teachers .

Also the study tries to identify the problems that teachers face in their teaching practice and their professional needs,.

The researcher used an interview as a tool to collect the necessary data for the study .

The most important findings which the research has come to can be as follows: - Per - service and In – service English language teachers training programs are helpful in developing teachers' skills to be effective English language teachers .

Pre – service and In – service teachers' training programs acquainted teachers – trainee with curricula development specially those related to applied linguistic , methodology , educational psychology and sociology .

There is always a lack of correlation between the theoretical training and training in the practice of teaching .

Teachers' development activities generally do not focus on the teachers' needs and circumstances .

In the light of the results and conclusions of the present study, the following recommendations are suggested: There should be systematic tools to identify and assess the English teacher training needs .There should be well designed programs to be used as in-service training for the English teachers