TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRESERVICE ENGLISH TEACHERS' MOTIVATION FOR TEACHING DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS
TT  - PRESERVICE ENGLISH TEACHERS' MOTIVATION FOR TEACHING DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS
AU  - Ölçü Dinçer, Zeynep
PY  - 2020
DA  - April
DO  - 10.21764/maeuefd.616995
JF  - Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Journal of  Education Faculty
PB  - Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-5983
SP  - 133
EP  - 155
IS  - 54
LA  - en
AB  - Learnersfrom different age groups are motivated to learn English as it is counted to bethe prevalent lingua franca in the world. Nevertheless, the current Englishteacher education departments in Turkey have a common curriculum with a ratherlimited focus on different age characteristics. This study aimed to investigatepreservice teachers’ (PT) motivation with regard to teaching learners fromdifferent age levels and the factors affecting their motivation. The data werecollected from preservice English teachers’ (N=156) through a questionnaire.Friedman test was used to analyze the ranking item and content analysis wasemployed for open ended responses. Preservice English teachers’ motivationlevel to teach different age groups can be sorted from the most to the least assecondary school, primary school, high school, university and kindergarten.Factors affecting PTs’ motivation were efficacy beliefs, instructionalconcerns, beliefs about learners, attitude towards learnersand professional development aspirations.
KW  - Preservice English teacher
KW  - motivation
KW  - teaching different age groups
KW  - affecting factors
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.21764/maeuefd.616995
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1082465
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