ملخص
Abstract
Teaching a language needs a qualified teacher who masters it very well and has the ability to deal with the different situations in the classroom . Therefore this research evaluates the performance of English language teachers in the Libyan schools and their ability to perform their job successfully. The main objective of this research is to evaluate the English language teachers qualifications who are teaching 7th، 8th، and 9th grades . The qualifications in question are those that enable English language teachers to perform their job in an appropriate way and to enable the pupils use the language they learn. The procedures to collect the data of the research are: a classroom check list and a semi-structured interview . The check list covers the linguistic، the pedagogical and the psychological qualifications. The interview is conducted depending on the results of the checklist to clarify the issues that cause problems and hinder the teaching process. The qualifications to be investigated are linguistic qualifications، pedagogical qualifications، and the psychological qualifications. All of these qualifications are integrated together to produce a qualified teacher who is supposed to be the key for teaching pupils to use the language. Therefore، the research target is to focus on the main deficiencies of English language teachers in teaching English to such age groups. This research hypothesizes that primary English language teachers lack the professional qualifications to teach the English language for communication in an effective way. Therefore، the research aims at focusing on the major professional deficiencies، (whether linguistic، educational or psychological) that most ELT teaching in preparatory schools in Libya exhibit.