Nick and Houda Bagueley and Lakhzami

Beginning to teach is generally acknowledged as a particularly complex stage of a teacher’s career, with those joining the profession often describing their early years as a time of ‘survival’. Much of the literature on the challenges faced by newly qualified TESOL instructors suggests that the realities such teachers face at the start of their careers are often very different to how they perceived the education profession to be, leading to a ‘sink or swim’ existence during these early years (Yuksel, 2014). Part of the issue stems from the demands placed on novice teachers who are not only expected...