Concerns and current classroom challenges of novice english teachers

Abstract

As English is learnt worldwide, the presence of a teacher is needed, too. In fact, English teachers play an important role. Frequently, new teachers are starting their professional lives; therefore, identifying the most common problems that new English teachers have when they start working is a topic to be discussed. The first year of work for beginner teachers is significant since it is the time when the teacher will encounter some challenges very different from their expectations. Through this research synthesis, we will focus on the concerns and challenges that novice English teachers face when they start in the profession. A compilation of 20 empiric studies and a detailed analysis lead us to discover that novice teachers experience "reality shock", related to anxiety for the transition from being a student to becoming a teacher. Among other concerns, we found in our study “classroom management”, “teaching approach”, “relationships”, etc. as the most common concerns for a novice teacher.