In-service Trainings in Pakistani Private English Medium Schools: EFL Teachers’ Needs

Abstract

Pre-service training for EFL teachers may not be sufficient to equip language teachers with the necessary pedagogical skills to meet the latest teaching challenges. This research study aims to investigate Pakistani private English medium schools’ EFL teachers’ needs for in-service training. To achieve this aim, mix- a mixed-method approach has been adopted to carry out this research study.74 EFL teachers participated in this study who filled online survey questionnaire, and five of them were interviewed through semi-structured interviews to collect qualitative data. The questionnaire developed by Birjandi and Hesari (2010) has been adopted and necessary changes have been made according to the need of study. The study has highlighted EFL teachers’ important need for in-service training. This study has found that the consideration of EFL teachers’ needs can be very useful in making future in-service training more constructive. It explores EFL teachers’ needs related to only three areas of in-service training such as content, activities, and trainers. Future research can be conducted to identify EFL school teachers ‘needs for in-service training in private and public schools together. It can also be carried out to identify EFL school teachers’ needs in terms of other areas of in-service training such as the venue of training, the role of administrators, duration of training, curriculum, and needs of urban and rural teachers.