The EFL teacher at the crossroads of professionalism to be professional or not to be

Abstract EN

“Professionalism” is one of the fundamental prerequisites for success in all domains.

it is a set of skills and qualities that should be attributed to any profession in order to warrant certitude and certainty of quality and perfection of any product or task.

therefore, professional parameters and features must be respected and valued in all professions.

teaching English as a foreign language is no exception.

the current investigation aims at providing a conceptualisation of “professionalism” in the field of teaching English as a foreign language.

also, it attempts to explore the extent to which Algerian EFL teachers manifest professionalism and yield professional outcomes during the process of teaching.

towards that aim, this paper uses a questionnaire administered to thirty teachers at the department of English at Batna-2 university to examine their awareness, attitudes and readiness towards adopting and developing professional skills that would unavoidably perfectionate their mission.

finally, some practical suggestions are put forward to raise teachers’ awareness of the usefulness and necessity of professionalism in the refinement of the whole process of education.