A survey of factors that demotivate EFL teachers at Vinh Phuc Technical - Economic College = Khảo sát các yếu tố gây mất hứng thú của giáo viên dạy tiếng Anh trường Cao đẳng Kinh tế - Kỹ thuật Vĩnh Phúc. M.A Thesis Linguistics: 60 14 01 11

• Main Author: Tạ, Thị Thương
• Other Authors: Nguyễn, Đức Hoạt
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Tiếng Anh; Phương pháp giảng dạy
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/41242
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Although demotivation constitutes an important factor, only a limited number of studies were conducted on teacher demotivation. The purpose of this paper is to determine the sources of demotivation and the most salient demotivation factors among seven EFL teachers at Vinh Phuc Technical - Economic College (VTEC). In addition, it attempts to explore the possible differences on demotivating factors in term of gender. The study used a survey design involving a five - point Likert questionnaire and semi - structured interview techniques to obtain information. The findings of the study revealed that, firstly, in term of three main themes, students were found the main source of demotivation in which "students forget doing homework" emotivated the respondents most. However, when analyzing them in aspect of sub-categories, items related to professional life, administrative pressures and workload tend to demotivate the participants most. Moreover, there were some differences in respondents' demotivating factors in relation togender. Some pedagogical recommendations for both teachers and administrators were also discussed based on the findings.