Problems In Professional Development Of Novice College English Teachers And Their Solutions

Currently, the Reform of College English Teaching has been implementing comprehensively. College English teachers are the direct executants of the reform program of College English teaching, and they put the idea of reform into the practice of teaching. The effect of the Reform of College English Teaching and the quality of teaching depend upon College English Teachers to a great degree, because they play a key role in improving the quality of teaching as well as constructing and developing College English. Novice College English teachers, particularly, those who work in local universities as a new force of teaching are important component part of College English staff, and have a great influence on the effect of the Reform of College English Teaching. It is significant to improve the whole quality of College English staff and increase the quality of College English Teaching as well as propel the Reform of College English Teaching through accelerating novice College English teachers' professional development.Based on three local universities in Chongqing municipality, Guizhou Province and Sichuan Province, according to technical route of pinpointing the problems analyzing the causes—proposing the solutions, by means of document literature analysis, interviewing and case study research, to use discipline theories of pedagogy and educational psychology, four novice College English teachers with different educational background and experience were invited and investigated as case study research, and their problems of professional development were probed, and relevant solutions were put forward.This thesis is divided into the following four parts:PartⅠ, Introduction. To expound the genesis and significance of this research, put forward purposes and contents of this research, and to introduce idea and methods.PartⅡ, Research review. Relevant concepts were differentiated, and the research status quo of general theories of teacher's professional development, foreign language teacher's and College English teacher's professional development as well as novice College English teacher were combed, accordingly, the basic dimensionalities of content and process of novice College English teacher's professional development were constructed.PartⅢ, Case study research of novice College English teacher's professional development. Through interviewing and classroom observation, problems in professional knowledge, skills and emotion of novice College English teacher's professional development were investigated in pre-job training, inductive education and self-development in practice, such as discrepancy between pre-job training and demand for professional development, weak effect of inductive education for professional development, and obstacle of self-development in teaching practice; accordingly, relevant causes were discussed, including mere formality of pre-job training, shortage of pertinence for inductive education, and lack of ability and motivation for self-development.Part IV, Solutions and proposals for novice College English teacher's professional development. According to the thought of lifelong education and teacher's professional knowledge management, based on the problems and causes analysis of novice College English teacher's professional development, a series of solutions and proposals, such as establishing a new system for pre-job training, strengthening actual effect of inductive education, and arousing teachers'consciousness in developing, were put forward in promoting their professional development.