Investigating the Implementation of the Competency Based Approach in Developing the Middle School Learners’ Reading Skill

Abstract

The present study aims at studying the effects of the Competency-Based Approach on the learners' reading skill improvement , in other words, the role of the so called “Competency Based Approach “ in enhancing the middle school learners reading skill and the extent to which this could achieved in the Algerian EFL classrooms. To this end, a questionnaire was selected as a data collection tool and conducted in Metlili middle schools relying on middle school teachers. The data collected from this research were interpreted qualitatively and quantitavely.The findings were analyzed using SPSS software and revealed that some teachers do not adhere strictly to the principles of the CBA. Most of them are not teaching competencies but only content. Classes are teacher-centered and teaching reading in the foreign language context is less applied correctly by some teachers. CBA is an utter failure because of a cluster of reasons, lack of training (seminaries and conferences by inspector) in the new approach, crowded classes, the loss of ethical values, time allotted, lack of technological equipment, learners‟ lack of motivation towards learning the foreign languages.