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recognized that he needs more specialized DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y POSGRADO
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training to work with children to expand

his own skills and mainly to know how to

handle very young children.
him to adapt material and to work without
Although some teachers claimed their
material or resources. Teachers C, D and
training had been enough to work with
E also share this last situation.
children, they all, at a certain moment re-
The number of children is another
cognized that it has not been easy to work
concern; teacher C found it stressful to
with children, since they mentioned they
handle groups of 45 children. Controlling
feel they still need something else to feel
this large of a group is challenging, teachers
completely comfortable and confident
C and F acknowledge. In the same sense,
working with children.
teacher E makes reference to the ‘beha-

vior’ of the groups.
Challenges and rewards Teachers B and C affirm that the lack

(Ch&Rw)
of parents and teachers’ support has made
In this section, teachers talk about the
the process more challenging. Teacher C
challenges they have faced while working
coincides with teacher B affirming that the
with children, and, at the same time, they
rest of the teachers and school staff do not
recognize that not everything has been
cooperate with the English subject and
challenging, there have also been some
teachers.Another challenge mentioned by
rewards that have made them feel their
teacher C is the short time per week assig-
work is worthy.
ned for the English class.
On one hand, we find the difficulties.
On the other hand, we find the
All teachers report that they have to move
rewards. All the teachers mention that
from classroom to classroom to give their
they are very proud of their students,
English class given that there is not a special
that they have lived good experiences
English classroom. Teacher A emphasizes

the ‘classroom’ aspect given that he has

had to teach outdoors with no electricity

or furniture. It has also been challenging

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