IranianEFLTeachers’ProfessionalSuccessinHighSchoolsandPrivateLanguageInstitutes:AComparativeStudy

Subject Areas : Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English

Zeinab Roosta ¹ , MohammadSadeghBagheri Bagheri ²

1 - DepartmentofForeignLanguagesShirazBranch,IslamicAzadUniversityShiraz,Iran
2 - DepartmentofForeignLanguagesShirazBranch,IslamicAzadUniversityShiraz,Iran

Received: 2015-10-16 Accepted : 2016-01-16 Published : 2016-05-01

Keywords: Professionalsuccess, highschools, languageinstitutes, Ira-nianEFLTeachers, teachingEnglish,

Abstract :

ThepresentstudyaimedtoinvestigateprofessionalsuccessamongIranianEFLteachersintwodifferentteachingcontextsnamelyhighschoolsandlaguageinstitutesconcerningtheiryearsofteachingexperience,gender,levelofeducationandsocioeconomicstatus.Dataweregatheredfromamong61teachersand600studentschosenfromvariousprivateEnglishlanguageinstitutesandhighschoolsinShiraz,Iran.TheinstrumentusedinthestudywasaquestionnairedevelopedbyMoafianandPishghadam(2009).Resultsindicatedthatprofessionalsuccessofmaleteachersishigherthanthatoffemaleteachers.Find-ingsfurtherillustratedthatthereisasignificantpositiverelationshipbetweenEnglishteachers’professionalsuccessandtheireducationlevlandsocioeconomicstatus.Finally,itwasfoundthatEnglishteachers’professionalsuccessishigheramonginstituteteacherscomparedwiththeircounterparts.