Investigating the Challenges Facing Novice Teachers in the Algerian E.F.L Classrooms.

Abstract

Each year thousands of student teachers (novice teachers) get their degrees to start teaching. However, some novice teachers leave their job in the first five years of their career since they lack help and face various challenges. Therefore, this study investigates the challenges facing novice teachers in the Algerian E.F.L classrooms .It looked into how novice teachers deal with the challenges that they most frequently encounter during their initial years of teaching. In addition, the study explores the possible pedagogical solutions that could help novices to keep going in the teaching profession. The study was carried out with ten E.F.L novice teachers from Tiaret and El Bayadh secondary schools with a maximum of five years‘ teaching experience and three E.F.L secondary school inspectors from Tiaret, Algiers and Albayadh. The Researchers used qualitative and quantitaitive research methods. Both a mixed questionnaire and structured interview were conducted as the main data collection tools to reflect novice teachers‘ challenging moments and how they proceed to overcome them. The findings show that novice teachers encounter various obstacles in teaching, planning, classroom management, overcrowded classes,learners‘ misbehaviour and lack of support of colleagues and administrators in the first year of the profession .The hypotheses being stated came to be confirmed, in that classroom management, overcrowded classes, and learners‘ misbehaviour are the prominent challenges to novice teachers. Also, most novices do not have the appropriate techniques to face classroom challenges. teachers should rely on research studies, ask experienced teachers, and keep planning and reflecting on classroom instruction.