IranianEFLTeachers’ProfessionalSuccessinHighSchoolsandPrivateLanguageInstitutes:AComparativeStudy

محورهای موضوعی : Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English

Zeinab Roosta ¹ , MohammadSadeghBagheri Bagheri ²

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

تاریخ دریافت : 1394/07/24 تاریخ پذیرش : 1394/10/26 تاریخ انتشار : 1395/02/12

کلید واژه: Professionalsuccess, highschools, languageinstitutes, Ira-nianEFLTeachers, teachingEnglish,

چکیده مقاله :

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