The Status of Teaching and Learning the Second Language in Algerian Schools.

Abstract

The present work sheds light on the status of French in Algeria despite an assertive policy of linguistic Arabization designed. The French language has been maintained and the number of its users has increased substantially since independence. The study attempts to explain the status of French in the Algerian schools. The richness of Algeria‟s linguistic situation makes it a real source of questions and research. Indeed, the Algerian linguistic market has undergone and continues to undergo significant changes which are the result of the coexistence of several languages and varieties of languages, that the Algerians in general and teachers/students in particular should know how to take profit of not only toward the today‟s context of globalization world, but also towards the multilingualism that has always been part of the Algerian speech community. By means of a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview addressed to both students and teachers, the data collected are analyzed by contribution of the students‟ attitudes and feelings towards the French language and teachers' points of view about teaching French. Last but not least the researcher will suggest some methods and strategies for the exploitation of second language use for developing learners' skills.