In fact, the Ministry of Education has been giving assistance to teachers by already setting up 88 English
Resource and Instruction Centres (ERIC) in many educational regional areas. One of the activities organized by
an ERIC is to run professional development sessions for English teachers. Some interesting questions are raised:
Have those sessions adequately and directly served the teachers’ needs? Have the teachers had opportunities to
say what their problems are and what kind of professional development they need? What level of difficulties
teachers are having in their teaching context?