A Study of The Challenges Faced

by Trainee Teachers of Diploma in

TESL in KPTM Kuala Lumpur

Nur Anisah binti Tahir

2014993737

Introduction

It is a common way of practices in education

where all teachers and educators need to

attend some period of trainings in schools

before they step into the real education life.

Coursework with field experience and internship

provided opportunities to rehearse practices

(Wenner, 2011).

Background of the research

This paper aims at identifying challenges faced bytrainee teachers of Diploma in TESL in Kolej Poly-TechMARA (KPTM) Kuala Lumpur who teach Englishlanguage to primary school students.

It focuses on examining the difficulties that traineeteachers from KPTMKL faced throughout theirexperience of teaching English language to primaryschool students in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

Novice teachers experience complicated transition fromtheir college or university life into a real classroom life(Fatiha, Abd, & Shanina, 2013).

Problem Statement

New teachers always struggle with problemspertaining many things (Fatiha Senom, AbdRazak Zakaria, & Shanina Sharatol AhmadShah, 2013).

Trainee teachers have to struggle in completingdemands of ‘having to do’ rather than ‘learningto do’.

Trainee teachers lacked of practical experienceand students with disabilities are not included inmicro teaching.

Research Objectives

The research objectives of this study are as follows:

i. To find out the challenges faced by traineeteachers of KPTM teaching English in primaryschools.

ii. To investigate the attitudes of KPTM traineeteachers towards the challenges.

iii. To describe ways to overcome the challengesfaced by KPTM trainee teachers.

Research Questions

The research questions of this study are as

follows:

i. What are the challenges faced by KPTM

trainee teachers teaching English in primary

schools?

ii. What are the attitudes of KPTM trainee

teachers towards the challenges faced?

iii. How can KPTM trainee teachers overcome the

challenges faced during their training?

Conceptual Framework

Trainee teachers

from KPTMPerceptions

towards

challenges

Challenges

faced by trainee

teachers

Ways to

overcome

challenges

Research Design

The approach of this research is

Qualitative.

Sampling:

- Non-random sampling

convenience sampling

Population:

- Semester 6 Diploma in TESL from

KPTM Kuala Lumpur.

Research Instruments

Research Questions Instruments

What are the challenges faced by

KPTM trainee teachers teaching

English in primary schools?

Questionnaires

Semi-structured interview

What are the attitudes of KPTM trainee

teachers towards the challenges

faced?

Questionnaires

How can KPTM trainee teachers

overcome the challenges faced during

their training?

Questionnaires

Semi-structured interview

Data Analysis

Research Questions Instruments Data Analysis

What are the

challenges faced by

KPTM trainee teachers

teaching English in

primary schools?

Questionnaires

Semi-structured interview

Frequency

Transcription/coding

What are the attitudes

of KPTM trainee

teachers towards the

challenges faced?

Questionnaires Frequency

How can KPTM trainee

teachers overcome the

challenges faced

during their training?

Questionnaires

Semi-structured interview

Frequency

Transcription/coding