Constraints of Successful Assessment within the LMD System in Algerian University: Case of the English Department at Tlemcen University

Abstract

Assessment is a major subject in teaching and learning process in higher education, it holds importance in the wave of change and innovation that took place in Algerian university, within the implementation of the LMD system. EFL teachers find themselves teaching by a different method and assessing their EFL students differently than they used to. This article is an attempt to shed light on obstacles and constraints EFL learners and teachers are witnessing in the process of assessment in the LMD system, it is a case study held in the English department at Tlemcen university, through the use of two research tools, a questionnaire to EFL teachers and an interview with EFL learners both randomly selected. The aim behind such research is to elevate the veil on these obstacles and give suggestions and recommendations to EFL teachers and learners to better cope with assessment