The development potential of action research in language teaching in Algeria; A review of certain obstacles and difficulties

On its theoretical framework and its sociodidactic purposes, the action research in language teaching, in Algeria, has its reasons for questioning its future and its development potential for epistemological reasons with political and institutional facets. in order to do this, our contribution first focuses on presenting the notion of action research and examining its principles and constitutions, in the field of language teaching. In a second, she proposes to make a critical review of some obstacles and difficulties those who encountered today this pragmatic intervention in the discipline, in the Algerian context. We will successively address the specific and specific problems beyond its scope. Our critical approach, without claiming to lead to concrete solutions, aims to help draw guidelines for collective action within the field.