Perceptions of language teachers about their teaching competences

Teachers are one of the key elements in education, and their teaching competences are directly affect students' success in EFL classes. The purpose of this study is to find out perceptions and desired competences of the EFL teachers defined in Common European Principles for Teacher Competences and Qualifications. The study will provide information for EFL teachers about their current and desired teaching competences. 75 EFL teachers participated in this study and responded the scale, 13 of the participants attended unstructured interview. The data collected through two research tools a Likert type scale and unstructured interviews and processed with a statistical package and with the content analysis procedure. The main result of the study revealed that EFL teachers perceived themselves as very competent in teaching competence and they would like to expert in this competence.