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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Language, Culture and Diversity
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1476997

The Impacts of International Exchange Programs on Moroccan Teachers’ Professional Development: The Case of In- Presence Programs

Provisionally accepted
SIDI MOHAMED OUBIT SIDI MOHAMED OUBIT *Abdellatif EL FARAHI Abdellatif EL FARAHI *
  • Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tétouan, Morocco

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    During the last decades, many Moroccan TEFL teachers have participated in different international exchange programs. Although much attention has been paid to such programs globally, there is no study that assesses the impact nationally. The actual study aims to explore the benefits of such programs on Moroccan TEFL teachers' personal and professional development. It surveys their attitudes, knowledge and practices after they participate. This includes language awareness, techniques and strategies in teaching, leadership, soft skills and cultural competence. The study concludes that exchange programs promote the development of teachers' personal, professional and intercultural competencies, namely language acquisition, intercultural understanding, easy integration in unfamiliar contexts, and efficiency in teaching. Thereafter, it in the end gives some recommendations to different partners in the educative sector in order to encourage this type of programs.

    Keywords: Teacher exchange program, language awareness, Cultural awareness, Leadership skills, techniques and teaching strategies

    Received: 06 Aug 2024; Accepted: 14 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 OUBIT and EL FARAHI. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    SIDI MOHAMED OUBIT, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tétouan, Morocco
    Abdellatif EL FARAHI, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tétouan, Morocco

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