Abstract Problems with staffing play a crucial role among factors influencing the quality of English language teaching at Czech primary and lower secondary schools. Since 1990 the shortage of teachers of English as a foreign language has been repeatedly reported by the Czech School Inspectorate. The shortage is largely caused by the reluctance of English language teacher education study programme graduates to accept teaching positions at primary and lower secondary schools. A drop-out syndrome in the early stages of the teachers’ career is another factor that may contribute to the lack of teachers of English. Unfortunately, it has not been researched in the Czech Republic and it has not been systematically monitored by the state. In the research study focusing on novice teacher drop-out, conducted in 2015–2017, we deal with the process of socialisation of novice teachers in schools and with external factors that influence the socialisation and that can be seen as predictors of novice teachers’ decision to stay in their current school or leave either the school or the teaching profession. The current paper presents partial findings related to drop-out intentions of novice teachers of English as a foreign language in comparison with teachers of other subjects. Our findings indicate that drop-out intentions are more frequent in teachers of English as a foreign language than for other teachers and that teachers of English evaluate their cooperation with colleagues and leadership at their schools more critically than other teachers.

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捷克共和国英语作为外语的新手教师及其辍学意图

摘要人员配备问题在影响捷克中小学英语教学质量的因素中起着至关重要的作用。自1990年以来，捷克学校监察局屡次报告英语教师为外语短缺。短缺的主要原因是英语教师教育学习课程的毕业生不愿接受小学和初中的教学职位。教师职业早期阶段的辍学综合症可能是导致英语教师短缺的另一个因素。不幸的是，捷克共和国尚未对其进行研究，国家也未对其进行系统地监控。在2015年至2017年进行的针对新手教师辍学的研究中，我们处理学校中新手教师的社会化过程，以及影响社会化的外部因素，这些因素可以看作是新手教师决定留在当前学校或离开学校或教学专业的决定因素。与其他学科的教师相比，本文提出了与英语作为外语的新手教师辍学意图有关的部分发现。我们的研究结果表明，英语教师作为外语的辍学意愿比其他教师要高，并且英语教师对与同事和学校领导的合作的评价比其他教师更为严格。