Research Axes (non-exhaustive list):

  • Teaching foreign language skills
  • Language teaching methods
  • Teaching language aspects: Grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation
  • Content of a language course: Linguistic knowledge, abilities, attitudes and culture (savoir, savoir-faire, savoir-ȇtre)
  • Intercultural communicative competence
  • Pragmatic instruction and pragmatic content in EFL textbooks
  • Technology-related skills
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Textbook materials
  • Language components and socio-cultural dimension
  • Language exercises
  • Task-based instruction
  • Curriculum and syllabus design
  • Syllabus evaluation (e.g., appropriateness of content and time load)
  • Distribution of themes according to levels and streams
  • The Competency Based Approach (CBA)
  • Critical Thinking

Selected References


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Boukhentache, S. (2021). Evaluation of the Algerian secondary school Efl syllabuses and textbooks from the perspectives of integration pedagogy. Lettres et Langues, 16(2), 48-63. https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/article/174157
Burns, A., & Richards, J.C. (Eds.). (2012). The combridge guide to pedagogy and practice in second language teaching. Cambridge University Press.
Chwyl, B. L. (2014). Linking grammar to CLB-based materials: Theory to Practice (Doctoral
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Criado, R., & Sánchez, A. (2009). English language teaching in Spain: Do textbooks comply with the official methodological regulations? A sample analysis. International Journal of English Studies, 9(1), 1-28. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40910094
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