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Teaching English in rural schools has been a challenge for the most of the English as a Second Language and English as a Foreign Language teachers. Therefore, this study was carried out with the aim of investigating the challenges faced by the teachers in teaching English to the students in rural schools in the Kinniya Education Zone, Trincomalee. This study was a survey research, and both qualitative and quantitative methods were used for data collection. The research setting was five rural schools in the Kinniya Education Zone. 15 English teachers and 50 students from the selected schools were taken as sample population in this study. The data collection tools were questionnaire and interview. Based on the analysis of the data collection, the findings show that all the participants (15) encounter challenges in teaching English to the students in rural schools since many students show their dislike in learning English. Moreover, various factors such as poor parental support, lack of students’ and parents’ support, lack of learning/teaching materials at schools, both students’ and parents’ negative attitude towards learning English, lack of motivation and proper guidance, lack of interest in learning English, poor learning environment, poor family background and lower level of basic knowledge in English which contribute to the challenges faced by the teachers in teaching English at rural schools. These challenges and difficulties can be overcome when more focus is given to the students in primary stage to gain basic knowledge in English Language, several workshops, training programmes and motivational programmes about the importance of English are conducted for both parents and students and interest is created in learning English. Further, each and every school in rural setting should have possessed modern learning equipment like town schools and a language unit should be established with necessary equipment.

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Challenges Faced by ESL Teachers in Teaching English to the Students in Rural Schools: A Study Based on Five Rural Schools in the Kinniya Education Zone, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka