Investigating EFL Instructors’ Constraints Encountered in Teaching Primary School Pupils. The Case of Primary schools of M’sila

Abstract

Abstract This study aimed at investigating the constraints that encounter EFL instructors in teaching primary school pupils in M’sila. A number of research instruments were used to collect data including an observation checklist; for primary school pupils in order to find out the strategies in dealing with the challenges in addition to questionnaire for investigating EFL instructors constraints in M’sila primary schools .The community of this study formed from all English male and female EFL teachers in M’sila primary schools who reached 15 teachers, about the sample of the study, the researcher selected a random sample. An exploratory method in order to discover the challenges and strategies for such initiatives. Moreover, to achieve the study purposes the researcher used a study based on a qualitative and quantitative approach, where data is gathered through two study tools after reviewing the educational literature which related to the subject of teaching the foreign language problems in primary schools. The emerging findings demonstrate that EFL instructors in M’sila primary school have a wide range of constraints in teaching primary school pupils. In order to overcome those constraints, there are some strategies that are used by the teachers in teaching EFL for primary school pupils. First, applying various teaching methods and techniques. Second, the teacher used of resources and facilities. The third, is giving motivational feedback. The results obtained allow to the suggested strategies that EFL use to overcome these constraints and it needs many strategies; however it is possible.