Each country has a
different cultural origins and tendency to shape its future. Since Turkey's
social, economic and geographical conditions differ from those of other
countries, the Turkish education system also differs from that of other
countries. Quality education and training occurs through effective
communication between institutions, teachers, students and families. However,
while managing and directing education, the teacher is undergoing loss of
motivation and inefficiency in school environment. In the study we tried to
find out and investigate the factors causing loss of motivation for the
teachers in language teaching. We interviewed eight Language Lecturers teaching
English, French, German, Arabic and Turkish Languages at the College of Foreign
Language in various universities in Turkey so as to obtain the data. We asked
three open ended questions to the lecturers in our study; “What affects your
motivation in classroom environment?”, What are the factors that cause loss of
motivation for you?”, What do you do to motivate yourself to teach language?”
We used qualitative research method to determine and assess the level of
motivation loss, and to compare them regarding the gender of the teachers and
the students, the experiences of the teachers and the kinds of the language. The
opinions obtained from the lecturers through face to face interview revealed
that the implementation of distant-education in English Language courses,
indifference of the students to French and German Languages, lack of
communication, inadequate social facilities and the alphabet difference of the
students coming from Turkic Republics and Arabian Countries were the main
reasons for the factors causing motivation loss of the teachers in language
teaching.
Loss of Motivation Lecturer Language Teaching Communication Distant-education Classroom Management
Bölüm | Bu Sayıda |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 7 Aralık 2017 |
Kabul Tarihi | 1 Aralık 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2017 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 3 |