Hocine Bendellaa, English TeacherIbn El Haithem Secondary SchoolBeni-Saf, Algeria (population: 50,000)Houcine Bendellaa graduated from Oran University in 1998. Since then, he has been teaching English at a secondary school for students between the ages of 15 and 17. He has received a certificate from the British Council for attending a 25 hour teacher training course focusing on classroom management. Houcine is married, and has a daughter. He enjoys basketball, and was the secretary-general of his local team. His objective for ILEP is to obtain new teaching methodologies and adopt a learner-centered approach for teaching.