Students and Teachers' Attitudes toward Teaching English at the Department of French: Case of First Year Students at Souk Ahras

Abstract

Abstract The present paper aims to reveal the students' and teachers' attitudes toward teaching English at the department of French at Souk Ahras university. The main concern of the current study is that students as well as teachers may have certain attitudes toward learning the English language. Such attitudes can affect the teaching and learning process whether positively or negatively, for that sake, this research is going to investigate those attitudes and their impact on the learning and teaching effectiveness. A descriptive method was used in this study, which is composed of two qualitative gathering tools; an interview and a questionnaire. According to the sampling, four teachers of English Language module were selected to answer the interview. However 50 first year students of French were chosen randomly to fill in the questionnaire. Finally, based on the analysis of the teachers' interview and the students' questionnaire, the results and findings of the research showed that the students and the teachers of first year at the department of French have positive attitudes towards teaching English, however, many issues encounter them which affect their learning progress.