IranianEFLTeachers’ProfessionalSuccessinHighSchoolsandPrivateLanguageInstitutes:AComparativeStudy
الموضوعات : Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching EnglishZeinab Roosta 1 , MohammadSadeghBagheri Bagheri 2
1 - DepartmentofForeignLanguagesShirazBranch,IslamicAzadUniversityShiraz,Iran
2 - DepartmentofForeignLanguagesShirazBranch,IslamicAzadUniversityShiraz,Iran
الکلمات المفتاحية: Professionalsuccess, highschools, languageinstitutes, Ira-nianEFLTeachers, teachingEnglish,
ملخص المقالة :
ThepresentstudyaimedtoinvestigateprofessionalsuccessamongIranianEFLteachersintwodifferentteachingcontextsnamelyhighschoolsandlaguageinstitutesconcerningtheiryearsofteachingexperience,gender,levelofeducationandsocioeconomicstatus.Dataweregatheredfromamong61teachersand600studentschosenfromvariousprivateEnglishlanguageinstitutesandhighschoolsinShiraz,Iran.TheinstrumentusedinthestudywasaquestionnairedevelopedbyMoafianandPishghadam(2009).Resultsindicatedthatprofessionalsuccessofmaleteachersishigherthanthatoffemaleteachers.Find-ingsfurtherillustratedthatthereisasignificantpositiverelationshipbetweenEnglishteachers’professionalsuccessandtheireducationlevlandsocioeconomicstatus.Finally,itwasfoundthatEnglishteachers’professionalsuccessishigheramonginstituteteacherscomparedwiththeircounterparts.