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This research clarifies how novice English teachers relieve anxiety and improve their own English lessons and their teaching abilities within a group of English teachers of the same school, that is connected by mutual trust and have mutual connections. The high school to be surveyed was selected by appropriately using the sampling method of qualitative research. Because of the preliminary survey conducted in May 2020, it was confirmed that all eight teachers trust each other and they are connected by mutual trust and connections. After the high school was nominated as the research target, in July 2020, the main survey was conducted to investigate what support novice English teachers receive from senior teachers. As a result, it was found that novice teachers are trying to improve their English lessons and their teaching ability while receiving three types of support from senior teachers: business support, introspection support, and emotional support. Specifically, to promote the growth of novice teachers, instead of top-down guidance from senior teachers, a relationship that promotes their spontaneous and independent growth of them, while supporting them emotionally and providing assurance.