The Motivation of English Language Teachers in a Language Centre
The Motivation of English Language Teachers in a Language Centre
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语言中心英语教师的动机
DOI：
10.7763/ijlll.2015.v1.18
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2015
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P. Ng
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作者：
Chiew Fen Ng;P. Ng
教师的动机基本上是教师个人对教学的热情和承诺的特征，并受到由学生、同事和管理人员组成的工作环境的影响。尽管研究者们认为激励教师的因素和激励学生的因素是一样的，但教师动机在第二语言习得领域仍然是一个经常被忽视的领域。在马来西亚的背景下，特别是在英语语言中心的背景下，关于教师动机的研究似乎也很少。大多数关于教师动机的研究都集中在机构环境中，主要是在公立学校。因此，在诸如英语语言中心这样的民营化环境中调查教师的动机将是很有意义的。本研究调查了吉隆坡切拉斯一家语言中心的语言教师的教学动机。它的目的是通过调查来确定当前英语语言中的动机程度。对文献的回顾表明，Dweik和Awajan(2013)和Yau(2010)等研究人员也对教师动机进行了类似的研究。这两项研究都采用了定量方法。同样，本研究采用了量化的方法，向英语语言中心的教师发放了15份30个项目的问卷。研究结果表明，教师的工作自主性、良好的工作关系、同事、上级和学生的支持，以及教师自身的内在动机，使教师具有较强的学习动机和学习动机。
A teacher’s motivation is basically the character of the teacher’s personal enthusiasm and commitment towards teaching and is influenced by the working environment that consist of students, colleagues and managerial staff. Although researchers have argued that the factors that motivate teachers are the same factors that motivate students, the fact that teacher motivation is an area that is frequently overlooked in the domain of second language acquisition still remains. It also appears that few studies that have been done on teacher motivation in the Malaysian context especially in the context of English language centres. Most studies on teacher motivation have been centred in institutional settings, primarily in public schools. Hence, it would be of interest to investigate teacher motivation in a privatised setting such as in an English language centre. This study examines the motivation of language teachers teaching in a language centre in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. It aims to determine the current degree of motivation among the English language through survey. A review of the literature showed that similar studies from researchers such as Dweik and Awajan (2013) and Yau (2010) have been done on teachers’ motivation. Both studies employed quantitative methodologies. Similarly, the current study draws on a quantitative approach in which fifteen 30-item-questionnaires are distributed to the teachers in the English language centre. The findings indicate that the teachers are motivated and strongly motivated because of work autonomy, good work relationships, support from colleagues, superiors and students and also their own intrinsic motivations.