An Investigation of In-Class Challenges Faced by Novice English Teachers (A Case Study of Egyptian National and International Schools)

Abstract

When trainee teachers complete their pre-service programs and no longer receive the guidance of their trainer, they are faced with the real life experience of being a novice teacher in a classroom with no guidance which, in turn, creates considerable challenges that they face. This research paper aims at investigating the challenges faced by novice EFL teachers in their early years in the teaching field and whether the teachers who work in the international section face the same challenges of those who work in the national section or not. This study will make use of online questionnaire as its mean of research. This questionnaire consists of 9 multiple choice question carefully designed to gather the required data from a random sample of 24 EFL teachers from the international and national section. An analysis of the questionnaire has revealed that 1. The challenges faced by most teachers are classroom management, lack of technological facilities and addressing distinctive student needs. 2. It was recommended that novice teachers must attend training sessions in classroom management and working as assistants for one year before becoming a main teacher and attending training sessions to raise the professional and pedagogical competencies to aid in addressing distinctive student needs are the most listed challenges in order to be able to overcome the challenges they will face in their first years

• تهدف هذه الورقة البحثية إلى التحقيق في التحديات التي يواجهها مدرسو اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة أجنبية المبتدئين في سنواتهم الأولى في مجال التدريس وما إذا كان المعلمون الذين يعملون في القسم الدولي يواجهون نفس التحديات التي يواجهها أولئك الذين يعملون في القسم الوطني أم لا