Factors that enhance English language teachers’ motivation in Jordanian secondary public schools

العناوين الأخرى

العوامل المعززة للدافعية لدى معلمي اللغة الإنجليزية في المدارس الثانوية الحكومية الأردنية

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Ujan, Nasibah Walid

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

al-Duwayk, Badr Said

أعضاء اللجنة

al-Hajjaj, Hamid
al-Khawlidah, Ahmad Hamad

الجامعة

جامعة الشرق الأوسط

الكلية

كلية الآداب و العلوم

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم اللغة الإنجليزية

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2010

الملخص الإنجليزي

This study aimed at investigating the motivational level of English language teachers in Jordan.

It also aimed at finding out the kind of factors that can motivate them.

The study raised the following questions: 1.

What is the motivational level of the English language teachers in Jordan? 2.

What are the factors that could motivate Jordanian English language teachers? To achieve the aim of the study, the researcher used two instruments; semi-structured interview questions and an English language teachers' questionnaire.

A sample of one hundred English language teachers that teach in secondary schools from Amman Second Educational Directorate have been randomly selected to respond to the questionnaire.

However, only 77 copies of the questionnaire were filled out and returned.

The sample used in the Semi-structured Interviews consisted of five teachers of English language who expressed their willingness to participate.

They were all female teachers and all of them had a B.A degree except one who holds an M.A degree.

The questions of the interview aimed at exploring more factors that could motivate English Language teachers than the ones found from the review of literature.

Data obtained indicated that the Ministry of Education, the school principals, the English language supervisors, the teachers’ English language teaching colleagues and their students do not motivate the English language teachers in the Jordanian public secondary schools.

However, the study also showed that teachers of English language are motivated because they like their jobs, because teaching helps them in their future, teaching gives them security for their families and finally because it is prestigious to be an English language teacher.

The study also highlighted the following factors as being important for the motivation of English language teachers.

1.

Teachers of English language should be financially supported in the form of salary increase.

2.

English language teachers should be supported emotionally & psychologically by the school principals.

3.

English language teachers should be supported emotionally & psychologically by the English language supervisors.

4.

Schools should be equipped with suitable teaching aids such as language laboratories.

5.

Training workshops should be organized for English language teachers to help them do a better job.

6.

Parents should support their children by following them up I their activities to motivate both students and teachers as well.

7.

English language teachers should develop good knowledge of English language teaching methods.

8.

The community should support the English language teachers.

According to the findings, the researcher recommended that more studies could be conducted about the concept of English language teachers’ motivation and its relation with teachers’ performance, job satisfaction and student’s achievements.

Comparative studies about the English language teachers’ motivation between private and public schools in Jordan could be performed and more studies to explore other factors that enhance the English language teachers’ motivation could also be conducted.

التخصصات الرئيسية

اللغات والآداب المقارنة

عدد الصفحات

93

قائمة المحتويات

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-691932