Atchoum, KenzaBoulmaiz, Djallel2018-07-022018-07-022017http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3789Despite the great effort that textbook writers make to meet the needs of the intended users, English language teachers have to adapt the materials they are using if they want their teaching to be more effective and more interesting. The present research attempts to investigate the potential of middle school teachers in adapting language teaching materials. The intention of the current study is to determine whether the teachers are competent and have the qualities and qualifications which help them to adapt language materials effectively to suit the needs and interests of their students and make them motivated and whether those teachers are giving much importance to the adaptation of all types of language teaching materials not only the textbook. Throughout this research, we have chosen middle school teachers of Ain Mlila as our sample. During this study we opted for the adoption of a descriptive research method based on two tools: a questionnaire distributed to 20 teachers to inspect their attitudes, and knowledge about materials adaptation. The second research instrument is a sample of adapted materials provided by 5 teachers. Based on the results, our hypothesis was confirmed since the findings show that teachers have the ability to adapt language teaching materials and they are aware of its importance in language teaching classes in order to meet different needs and interests of learners and make instruction easily understood.enTextbookTeaching potentialAdaptationOther