THE ABANDONMENT OF TEACHING POSITION BY LOCAL L2 TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF LOCAL CHINESE TEACHERS IN CAMEROON

Authors

  • D. Degreume Institute of Education Research, Xiamen University, No. 422, Siming South Road, Xiamen 361000, Fujian, P. R. of China
  • Ruoling Zheng Institute of Education Research, Xiamen University, No. 422, Siming South Road, Xiamen 361000, Fujian, P. R. of China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejfl.v7i1.4766

Keywords:

Cameroon, secondary school, local Chinese teachers, teaching Chinese

Abstract

In recent years, Cameroon has trained many excellent local Chinese teachers. However, With the increasing number of local Chinese teachers and the dissatisfaction with teaching conditions, the abandonment of teaching position by local Chinese teachers is becoming more and more serious, which leads to the shortage of teachers in Chinese teaching in Cameroon's secondary schools. Based on qualitative research design, this paper found that the main reasons that push local Chinese teachers to quit teaching position include teachers' lack of teaching motivation and interest, the problem of the integration model, low wages, teachers' lack of support from principals, and excessive curriculum burden. After describing the main reasons that increase rapidly the turnover (run off) of local Chinese teachers and the negative impact of this phenomenon on Chinese language teaching, this paper tried to put forward some important suggestions to stimulate and encourage local Chinese teachers to have ardent affection for Chinese language’s teaching, and improve the continuous deepening and healthy development of Chinese language teaching in Cameroon, especially in secondary schools.

 

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2023-04-08

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2023)

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