CHALLENGES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER-TRAINEES’ PERFORMANCE

Mrs. K Ruth Blessina Assistant Professor, AMSCTE, Hyderabad.

Abstract

English language teachers face many challenges in a competitive market of English education and also to the demanding nature of a teaching career. This study is intended to help identify the challenges encountered by 10 teacher-trainees of English medium and 5 teacher-trainees of Telugu medium background. The narrative inquiry approach was used to identify the challenges of their teaching performance. Using convenience sampling in choosing the samples, reflection papers and semi-structured interviews were used as the instruments to collect data. The findings indicated that, English communication barriers, lesson planning were among the challenges the trainees encountered. For a good language English teacher, to reflect, self-critique, assess is part of their teaching.

Keywords: English teacher trainees, challenges, reflective teaching, narrative approach