A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEACHING ESP IN THE LMD SYSTEM IN ALGERIAN AND FRENCH UNIVERSITIES: THE CASE OF THE FACULTIES OF SCIENCES IN TLEMCEN AND PARIS- SUD UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The aim of the present research work is to evaluate the state of the art of ESP instruction in Algerian universities under the newly implemented LMD reform. To do this, a comparative study has been undertaken concerning ESP teaching in the LMD system in Algeria and France and focused on one EST teaching/ learning situation namely that of third year Licence students in Physics in the Faculties of Sciences at the level of the Universities of Tlemcen (Algeria) and Paris Sud (France). The choice of France was done on purpose since it is one of the first countries which have adopted this reform and succeeded in the implementation of its different principles and tools in its universities. The purpose behind this comparison is to collect facts about how ESP instruction is undertaken in Algeria and France, then contrast the two situations with the aim to highlight any drawbacks affecting negatively ESP instruction in Algeria and provide adequate remedies.