Pre-service teachers' motivation: what moves non-native students to become teachers of English?

HELALE, GABRIELA, SAN MARTÍN, MARÍA GIMENA & VILLANUEVA DE DEBAT, ELBA

Teacher Training and Education SIG Newsletter, IATEFL

IATEFL

Lugar: Kent; Año: 2012 p. 17 - 17

1026-4396

his paper reports on a qualitative study that explored the reasons given by group of non-native pre-service teachers for choosing English teaching as a career. Data were collected through a journal entry from four cohorts. Three main types of motivational factors are discussed. Results are compared between the four cohorts and with those of a similar study carried out in Thailand.