Abstract:
The effective teaching of foreign languages is very important, especially when it comes to the
teaching of English which is considered as an international language. This study aims to investigate
the impact of the approach adopted for hiring English language teachers, which is based on degree
seniority, on the teaching quality of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Algerian primary
schools. This study follows a descriptive research design which is based on quantitative and
qualitative methods. The data was collected through two main tools: a questionnaire and an
interview; the questionnaire is administered to twenty-two (N=22) respondents which were English
language teachers of Bejaia primary schools province, Algeria. The interview was conducted with
two (N=02) English language inspectors of the primary school level. The results collected provided
significant arguments to answer the research questions as they indicated that the senior degree of old
graduated teachers does not impact on their teaching effectiveness. However, they push these
teachers to encounter some challenges especially when they first start teaching but they can overcome
all the obstacles they face with time and effort according to the inspectors interviewed. This study
recommends the old graduated teachers to keep learning and trying new and innovative strategies to
get better at teaching their pupils. Finally, it is highly important for school administrators and policy
makers to provide the teachers with the resources and materials needed, and minimize the number of
the pupils in classrooms to facilitate classroom management for the teachers. All of these
recommendations are proposed in the goal of improving the teaching quality of English language in
Algerian primary schools.
