TEACHING SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY - A CHALLENGE TO THE ALGERIAN TEACHERS
TEACHING SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY - A CHALLENGE TO THE ALGERIAN TEACHERS

Summary/Abstract: Due to globalization, English has become the most demanded and useful language in the world. It is, in fact, the language of science, technology, communication, medicine, media, research, academic meetings, business, and many other fields. In Algeria, this language has been given much priority as the language of knowledge and skill transfer. However, at university level, the teaching of English in the scientific fields is still facing many challenges and obstacles. Many scientific departments still rely on unspecialized EFL (English as Foreign Language) teachers just to fulfil the curriculum requirements. Therefore, this paper tries to shed light on the real needs of the Algerian university for more EFL curricula in the scientific departments. It attempts to highlight the obstacles and difficulties that face EFL teachers in these branches. Therefore, a case study was conducted in the Department of Physics and the Department of Chemistry in the University of Tiaret. The results revealed that the English language programs in these departments still need to be refined so as to meet the real learning needs of the students and a pre-training for EFL teachers is required.

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