Exploratory Study of Teachers’ Perceptions, Beliefs and Practices:Teachers’ Recognition of the Necessary Link between Pre-tertiary and Tertiary Study of EFL in Algeria

An investigation of coordination and the link that should exist between pre-tertiary and tertiarystudy of EFL was carried out. The study relied only on one means of research for implementation: thequestionnaire. The questions mainly sought direct answers about the kind of linkage between theaforementioned phases either in the form of coordination or other ones. The issues which areaddressed are: the nature of contact, taking one form or another, between teachers of pre-tertiary andtertiary study of EFL; criteria of syllabus design at university; and sources of pedagogical solutions tosome problems that teachers of pre-university study of EFL might face. The results are analyzed andsubsequent implications are formed.