Teacher Training Programme for English Teachers at University of Duhok: A Critical Analysis
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The present paper investigates the teacher training programme for English teachers at the University of Duhok. It is also to analyze the available type of In-service teachers’ training programme in terms of skills, capabilities and techniques. To collect the opinions of teachers a questionnaire has been prepared. In addition, qualitative data were collected during the interviews. For the present study, the sample comprises altogether 44 English teachers. It has been found from the present study that English teachers at the Department of English, College of Basic Education at the University of Duhok do not get enough scope for their Professional Development. Though some of the teachers have a plan yet they are unaware as to how far that will be materialized. Data shows that majority of the teachers have attended In-service teacher training programmes only once in their teaching career which is not sufficient concerning their continuous professional growth.
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