IranianEFLTeachers’ProfessionalSuccessinHighSchoolsandPrivateLanguageInstitutes:AComparativeStudy
Subject Areas : Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English
Zeinab Roosta
1
(DepartmentofForeignLanguagesShirazBranch,IslamicAzadUniversityShiraz,Iran)
MohammadSadeghBagheri Bagheri
2
(DepartmentofForeignLanguagesShirazBranch,IslamicAzadUniversityShiraz,Iran)
Keywords: Professionalsuccess, highschools, languageinstitutes, Ira-nianEFLTeachers, teachingEnglish,
Abstract :
ThepresentstudyaimedtoinvestigateprofessionalsuccessamongIranianEFLteachersintwodifferentteachingcontextsnamelyhighschoolsandlaguageinstitutesconcerningtheiryearsofteachingexperience,gender,levelofeducationandsocioeconomicstatus.Dataweregatheredfromamong61teachersand600studentschosenfromvariousprivateEnglishlanguageinstitutesandhighschoolsinShiraz,Iran.TheinstrumentusedinthestudywasaquestionnairedevelopedbyMoafianandPishghadam(2009).Resultsindicatedthatprofessionalsuccessofmaleteachersishigherthanthatoffemaleteachers.Find-ingsfurtherillustratedthatthereisasignificantpositiverelationshipbetweenEnglishteachers’professionalsuccessandtheireducationlevlandsocioeconomicstatus.Finally,itwasfoundthatEnglishteachers’professionalsuccessishigheramonginstituteteacherscomparedwiththeircounterparts.