The Algerian Teacher of English in the Digital Age: For the Implementation of an In-Service Digital Education Much

Abstract

Much has been written on the Algerian learners’ internet practices, social media uses, digital identities etc.; much less, however, has been done on their Middle and High School teachers of English and their uses of electronic media, in and outside school. What is these teachers’ digital proficiency? What form(s) of in-service training do they receive in the broad field of IT? What are the true challenges that face them in our global electronic age? Our joint paper is both an empiricist investigation and a reflective contribution aimed at addressing the above issues in relation to: one, the implementation of a competency-based curriculum in the Algerian course of English informed by effective and creative digital literacy; two, the pressing demands of our global, digital age in terms of cultural exchange and intercultural communication. The results of our research will hopefully suggest a new approach for the implementation of an efficient in-service digital course to the Algerian teachers of English.