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An Exploration of the Mentoring System for Novice English Teachers in a Japanese University during the Pandemic Yagi, Keita Yagi Keita open access This case study explored the challenges and support that two novice English teachers had experienced in their first year of teaching at a Japanese university during the pandemic. The previous literature indicated how challenging the first year of teaching could be for any ESOL teachers and how helpful their mentors and colleagues could be for the novices. However, as mentoring is not usually offered at the tertiary level in a Japanese context, research on mentoring in this context is scarce. Fortunately, the university that the participants and I work for offers a mentoring system. To investigate the participants’ first-year experience and perceptions of the mentoring system, semi-structured interviews were conducted. The study found that both teachers faced similar difficulties but different challenges, originating in their different backgrounds. It was also found that their perceptions of the mentoring system were very positive, although they also suggested making it more systematic by requiring class observations. Furthermore, they reported that they received various kinds of support. Particularly, they stressed that the existence of douki, a teacher who started teaching the same course around the same time, greatly supported their first year pragmatically and affectively. 国際基督教大学 2025-04-01 departmental bulletin paper https://doi.org/10.34577/0002000270 https://icu.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2000270 10.34577/0002000270 09133615 語学研究 Language Research Bulletin 39 49 59 https://icu.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/2000270/files/5_Yagi - Exploration of Mentoring System.pdf application/pdf 173 KB 2025-04-25