The current situation of business English teaching in Algeria : students’ perceptions and challenges at the faculty of economic sciences, commerce and management at Setif 1 university

Abstract EN

The present research aims to explore students’ perceptions and challenges with business English teaching at the faculty of economic sciences at Setif 1 university.

to this end, an exploratory research design is followed using a semistructured adapted questionnaire which is administered to 83 business English students selected based on a purposive convenience sampling technique.

the data are analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively.

the results reveal that students hold negative perceptions of the current be course since it fails to meet their business-related needs.

another finding indicates that students are facing a number of challenges with business English teaching among which are the lack of appropriate needs analysis for BE students and students’ low level of general English proficiency.

based on the findings of this research, a number of pedagogical implications is provided.