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What about the teacher?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2021

Carol Griffiths
Carol Griffiths*
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ELT, Girne American University, Girne, North Cyprus Auckland Institute of Studies, Auckland, New Zealand
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Given that I have been a teacher of one kind or another for practically all of my working life, starting as a high school English teacher before moving into TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages), I would like to suggest (in all modesty, of course!) that I am in a good position to understand the stresses of the job. In this position paper, I would like to try to explain the background to the issues of teacher stress, to identify contemporary problem areas, to suggest some possible ways to address the problems, and also to explain why tackling teacher stress is so important – both for teachers themselves, and also for the other stakeholders, especially the learners. Although this article draws essentially on the experience of language teachers and related literature, many of the issues described could apply to teachers of any subject at any level anywhere, a point that will be taken up again when suggesting areas for further research.

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Language Teaching , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , April 2023 , pp. 210 - 222
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