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they would like to attend further training courses or workshops should they beavailable. Some of the reasons they said they would like further training include:■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■to learn about classroom management and dealing with discipline issuesnew methods of teachingto focus on group work and group managementto learn how to use technologychildren’s psychology and how they learn at different agesto keep up to dateI need extra practice with primary classroomteaching methods for large classesit is good to meet other teachers at workshops to share experiences and ideastraining sometimes helps me find solutions to my problemsto sustain contact with real English languageto learn how to motivate studentsto refresh ideasI want to learn how to deal with parentsI would like to improve my speaking abilityI want to know about CLILto help me enrich my knowledgemy students are always changing – I need to know how to teach themwithout training I could be left behinda good teacher is a life-long learner.Only 30 per cent of teachers said they were a member of a teachers association,and 67 per cent were not convinced that there were clear cut benefits to joining.This seems strange given the fact that 29 per cent of their teacher developmentcourses and workshops had been provided by local teachers associations,with only the Ministry of Education providing more. One possible reason for thedifference in opinion relating to teachers associations may be due to cost. Aprimary school Head Teacher interviewed in Cameroon said that he would love tobe a member of his local teachers association, but that joining would cost him twoweeks’ salary and as he had a family to support, joining was not possible.Primary English Teachers | 81