http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).23
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).23
Published : Mar 2022
A Study of Anxiety among Novice ESL Teachers at Higher Secondary Level
The present work is a study of anxiety among novice ESL teachers at higher secondary levels in the Pakistani context. In particular, this study using a quantitative approach, tried to detect different causes of anxiety among novice ESL teachers inside and outside the classroom environment. A closed-ended questionnaire was used to collect data from 87 ESL teachers working in higher secondary institutes of the Lahore district. The analysis of data revealed that almost every teacher felt anxiety in one way or another. Moreover, this study brings into light the strategies used by these novice ESL instructors to cope with such psychological issues as anxiety, which is causing a very bad impact on their performance as novice ESL teachers. The results of the study highlighted that teachers' mental health and issues must be given importance for abetter learning environment for both teachers and the students.
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Anxiety, Novice, English as a second language (ESL), Teachers
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(1) Sehar Akram
Scholar, Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Ayesha Butt
Assistant Professor, Department of TESOL, Lahore College for Women University (LCWU), Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Saima Farah
M.Phil., Applied Linguistics, Kinnaird College for Women, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Akram, S., Butt, A., & Farah, S. (2022). A Study of Anxiety among Novice ESL Teachers at Higher Secondary Level. Global Language Review, VII(I), 267-292. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).23
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CHICAGO : Akram, Sehar, Ayesha Butt, and Saima Farah. 2022. "A Study of Anxiety among Novice ESL Teachers at Higher Secondary Level." Global Language Review, VII (I): 267-292 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).23
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HARVARD : AKRAM, S., BUTT, A. & FARAH, S. 2022. A Study of Anxiety among Novice ESL Teachers at Higher Secondary Level. Global Language Review, VII, 267-292.
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MHRA : Akram, Sehar, Ayesha Butt, and Saima Farah. 2022. "A Study of Anxiety among Novice ESL Teachers at Higher Secondary Level." Global Language Review, VII: 267-292
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MLA : Akram, Sehar, Ayesha Butt, and Saima Farah. "A Study of Anxiety among Novice ESL Teachers at Higher Secondary Level." Global Language Review, VII.I (2022): 267-292 Print.
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OXFORD : Akram, Sehar, Butt, Ayesha, and Farah, Saima (2022), "A Study of Anxiety among Novice ESL Teachers at Higher Secondary Level", Global Language Review, VII (I), 267-292
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TURABIAN : Akram, Sehar, Ayesha Butt, and Saima Farah. "A Study of Anxiety among Novice ESL Teachers at Higher Secondary Level." Global Language Review VII, no. I (2022): 267-292. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-I).23