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Download full textDumancic, Dino; Martinovic, Anna; Buric, Irena – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2022
Studies focusing on affective factors/emotions in learning are a mainstay in second language (L2) research. L2 teacher-focused research has also made advances in this domain and established the importance of affective factors for both learners and teachers. Despite the field's understanding of the emotional complexity of L2 teaching, much remains…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Emotional Response, Work Environment
Sarah Mercer; Carlos Murillo-Miranda; Dávid Smid – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2025
Language teacher educators (LTEs) play a critical role in quality education and have a considerable potential impact on pre-service teachers as well as their future pupils. Yet, there is only limited work that seeks to understand their needs and psychologies as individuals. They remain virtually 'invisible' in research terms as a population. In…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Hongboontri, Chantarath; Liao, Yiting – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
This mixed-methods study aims to explore the patterns of teacher and their effects on teachers' lives and work. To do so, the researchers went into one international school in Thailand and requested participation from 25 foreign language (FL) teachers. All the participants completed and returned a questionnaire and participated in one-on-one…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, International Schools, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes
Stein-Smith, Kathleen – International Research and Review, 2020
The article examines the importance of bridging the gap between America's collective cultural heritage and its citizens who speak a language other than English, and how this can be fostered and encouraged through foreign language and immersion programs, international education, and study abroad. Effectively addressing this disparity in order to…
Descriptors: International Education, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Hutchins, Shaun D.; Schmitt, Lisa – Online Submission, 2015
In 2013, the Austin Independent School District began administering a voluntary online exit survey to all professional and administrative employees leaving the district. Responses and respondent characteristics are described for 2014. A separate research brief also was published. [For the research brief, see ED626496.]
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Surveys
Jiu, Jilly – American Language Review, 1997
Anecdotal comments by teachers of English as a Second Language at all levels focus on problems in pay equity, working conditions, opportunities for professional development, and part-time teaching assignments. A Washington state survey of adult ESL program administrators echoed many of these problems and also found wide variation in class size.…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Faculty, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. – 1995
The guide contains profiles of the linguistic situation and English language teaching conditions, in both public and private sectors, in 48 foreign countries. Descriptions include such information as official language(s), qualifications and requirements for teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), typical class sizes and hours, accessibility…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Class Size, Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Administration
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1990
A study investigated techniques and practices for teaching second languages (French, German, Spanish) in 25 urban schools in different areas of England. It was found that the overall quality of work in modern languages was very good in 1 school, good in 5, satisfactory in 7, less than satisfactory in 10, and poor in 2. Three of 10 lessons seen…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design
