Factors Contributing to Motivation among Iranian EFL In-Service Teachers

Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies

مقاله 4، دوره 2، شماره 3، اردیبهشت 2014، صفحه 61-76   

نویسنده

Sanaz Saheb^*

Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch

چکیده

Since learning English as a foreign language in Iran has turned into one of the most
important issues in educational settings, especially in recent years, having motivated teachers
in education and maintaining this motivation is one of the defining factors in assuring students’
learning. Teachers' motivation affects the process of teaching and EFL learners’ achievement.
The present study was an attempt to investigate factors contributing to creating motivation
among EFL in-service teachers and also factors which contribute to maintaining motivation
among these teachers. The results of the study revealed that in interest in learning a foreign
language, motivational intensity, and desire to learn English, respectively, two thirds of the
teachers were at high and intermediate levels. It can be concluded that they had a positive
intrinsic motivation to learn a second language, but that there were external factors that affect
such motivation. The results also suggest that teachers in general demonstrated an intermediate
to high instrumental and integrative orientation towards teaching English as a second/foreign
language.

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