Questioning the Efficiency of the LMD System and the Absence of Training and Professional master in Mostaganem Foreign Languages

Abstract

In 2004, Education policymakers adopted the LMD system, as the Algerian universities needed a global and thorough reform to cope with political, social, intellectual and economic changes. The LMD system aimed at bringing mobility, profession and better learning and teaching in a world of globalization and internationalization. However, the whole system was implemented implicitly without taking into account the fact that Algeria is based on communism ideology where public ownership is established, but the LMD system was created in neoliberalism ones where the emphasis is on the individual and free market. Our main purpose is to question the efficiency of the LMD system and the absence of training and professional master in the department of English of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis university. Accordingly, the researcher opted for a mixed-method approach to collect quantitative and qualitative data. It encompasses an online questionnaire for L3 students. Teachers’/students’ interview and document analysis for masters Canvas (M2 language and communication and M2 didactics and applied linguistics). The findings revealed that teachers and students are aware of the drawbacks of the LMD system in the English department. Teachers and students are conscious of how a must training and professional master have thought it is absent and to have access to it is a policymaker’s decision.