ABSTRACT Despite the growing interest in investigating the practice of mentoring during the practicum regardless of field focus, research is scarce in relation to how mentoring is seen and enacted in the area of English language teaching especially in primary schools. Drawing on interviews with fifteen student teachers and fourteen cooperating teachers, this study reports on the factors which are perceived as obstructive in preparing student teachers for English language teaching during the practicum. The following factors emerged from an analysis of the data: a) lack of subject-matter knowledge, b) prescriptive approach to mentoring, c) problematic mentoring relationship, d) ignorance of roles, e) student teachers’ reluctance to be mentored and, f) contextual factors related to failings in the educational system. Implications and suggestions for improving the current practice for preparing general teachers to teach English in primary schools are offered.

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职前小学英语老师Stella Kourieos对校本辅导的质疑

摘要尽管在实践期间越来越关注调查指导实践的兴趣，而不论其重点是什么，但在英语教学领域（尤其是在小学）中，如何看待和制定指导的研究却很少。通过对十五名学生老师和十四名合作老师的访谈，本研究报告了在实习期间妨碍学生老师进行英语教学的因素。从数据分析中得出以下因素：a）缺乏主题知识，b）指导性的规定性方法，c）指导性关系存在问题，d）角色不了解，e）学生教师不愿接受指导，以及f）与教育系统失败有关的背景因素。