TEACHERS’ COMPETENCY EFFECT ON STUDENTS’ CLASSROOM INTERACTION The Case of teachers of first Year Master Students of English at Belhadj Bouchaib University Centre

Abstract

This work targets at exploring and investigating the different aspects and matters related to teacher's competency importance in improving students' interaction. This research aims at discussing the different aspects and parameters that define teachers’ competency and show its importance, besides its relationship with students’ classroom interaction. In other words, the objective of this paper is to explain and expose the role of the teachers’ competency and how it can touch directly the students’ interaction in classroom. In this work the researcher has dealt with different teachers’ competencies that can improve students’ interaction in classroom. The main motivation behind choosing this topic is to determine the responsibility of the teachers in improving students’ interaction which can be beneficial for the learning and teaching process. To achieve that, a quantitative and qualitative research are adopted and a set of research instruments addressed to the sample population which is the teachers of first year master students, including a questionnaire, a structured interview and classroom observation. The findings of the work in hand, indicates that the sample being questioned, involving teachers of the first year master degree in the department of English, are in favor with the idea that teachers’ competency is crucial and indispensable in English language teaching and it can surely affect the students’ classroom interaction and improving it.