The Effectiveness of Mentoring in ELT Context

In their beginning stages of learning, the teachers require more practical ideas on how to choose and behave effectively to be a successful teacher. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mentoring as a tool for aiding teachers’ development and teacher’s portfolio assessment of the teaching skills of Iranian ELT teachers. Classroom observation via a checklist and an interview was used to examine the effectiveness of mentoring in the Iranian ELT context. The findings indicated the effectiveness of mentoring in teachers' teaching skills and some of its shortcomings.