Moroccan High School Teachers’ Motivation in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

L. Abdelouahed¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.3 , pp.49-53, Mar-2021

Online published on Mar 31, 2021

Copyright © L. Abdelouahed . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Teachers’ motivation has been investigated by many educational psychologists due to its significant role in the field of English language teaching. The present study aims at investigating forms of teachers’ motivation and their impact on students’ motivation as well. To attain these objectives, a quantitative research design is adopted through the use of an online questionnaire to collect data on teachers’ motivation and its effect on students’ motivation. The sample of this study is randomly chosen by focusing on both teachers of high schools and their students as well, so the questionnaire was divided into two parts. The results of the study shows that both extrinsic and intrinsic go hand in hand with teachers and students who get motivated when a good environment is set. The study also showed that teacher’s motivation impacts students’ motivation positively. The significance of the results lies in the fact that language policy makers would definitely benefit from the findings of this research to take good care of teachers in terms of constant support and also to provide them with professional development trainings to boost their intrinsic motivation.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Teachers’ motivation, EFL high school teachers, Teachers’ development

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