English at Algerian UniversitiesWill English Replace French in the Scientific Disciplines?

Belkaim Leila

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English at Algerian UniversitiesWill English Replace French in the Scientific Disciplines?

Authors:

Belkaim Leila

Publisher:

Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal:

Passerelle Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.237-255

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001548020

pISSN:

2716-8328

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Abstract:

 Foreign language education in Algeria has gained renewed importance through several reforms over the past decades. Since 2023, English has been introduced at the primary school level and has been implemented across all scientific disciplines as the main medium for transmitting modern knowledge. In this context, the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education has opened distance training centers in foreign languages to provide English instruction for teachers in all fields. However, Algerian students are primarily educated in Arabic from the primary level, and upon entering university, they encounter French as the dominant language of specialization. English has now emerged as a new competitor and vehicular language, creating a major linguistic shift. As a result, students are expected to gradually transition to conducting their studies and research in English. This study questions the future of French within Algerian universities: How will students in the scientific disciplines, who have relied on French for decades, adapt to this rapid process of Anglicization? Does this signal the decline, or even the end, of French in Algeria?.

Article Details

English at Algerian UniversitiesWill English Replace French in the Scientific Disciplines?

Authors:

Belkaim Leila

Publisher:

Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal:

Passerelle Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.237-255

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001548020

pISSN:

2716-8328

Primary school

Anglicization

higher education

lingua franca

Multilingualism

Issues

Article Details

English at Algerian UniversitiesWill English Replace French in the Scientific Disciplines?

Authors: Belkaim Leila

Publisher: Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal: Passerelle Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.237-255

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2025

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001548020

pISSN: 2716-8328

Primary school

Anglicization

higher education

lingua franca

Multilingualism

Issues

Authors:

Belkaim Leila

Publisher:

Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal:

Passerelle Vol.14 Issue 2, pp.237-255

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001548020

pISSN:

2716-8328