Investigating EFL novice teachers attitudes toward teacher training

Herihiri, Wafa; Ouerrad, Belabbes

مجلة العلوم الانسانية
Volume 23, Numéro 2, Pages 640-651
2023-12-31

Investigating Efl Novice Teachers Attitudes Toward Teacher Training

Authors : Herihiri Wafa . Ouerrad Belabbes .

Abstract

This study investigated EFL novice teachers’ attitudes towards the adequacy of their teacher training programme based on the challenges they encountered during their first years of teaching. The data analyses revealed that the majority of novices nurture negative attitudes towards their teacher training. Factors like difficult teaching approaches and managing unmotivated students’ behavior contributed to the shaping of their attitudes. Moreover, the study found that a gap still remains between what novice teachers have been taught and the real classroom conditions. Therefore, teacher training programmes should be redesigned in order to provide the necessary professional and pastoral support to well-selected student-teachers.