RESILIENCE OF EFFECITVE HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS AT AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN CHINA: THE TEACHERS’ VOICES

Abstract

Teachers’ resilience is the ability of teachers to overcome difficulties and recover quickly in the face of problems and difficulties, and even to seek development from difficult situations. The study aimed to examine the aspects of resilience of effective high school English language teachers and explore how they cope with the difficulties and challenges in their jobs. Therefore, two instruments were used in this study: the questionnaire ‘teaching qualities of good English teachers’ and semi-structured interview. The sample size for the questionnaire was 30 teachers of English and 8 effective English high school language teachers were selected. The questionnaire data reviewed that effective English language teachers need to be proud of being a teacher, face difficulties by using creative solutions. Based on the interview, it was found that communication with family members and friends was necessity and a positive attitude in work should be maintained. And enhancement to teaching ability through life-long learning must be continuous.

Therefore, teachers in the study in brief, highlighted pride of being a teacher, creative problem-solving solutions, positive attitude in work and continuous development of their teaching activity through life-long learning as significance to develop teachers’ resilience.