in spite of the importance of teacher's motivation only a limited number of studies have been conducted on teacher's demotivation in iran. this study was an attempt to investigate demotivating factors among iranian efl language institute teachers in terms of years of teaching experience. to this end, the researchers tried to utilize a questionnaire as a research method. to collect dat...

The aim of this study was to explore gender differences in motivation for choosing teaching as a profession and perceptions men’s demotivation the choice profession. 279 preservice subject teachers from University Zagreb, Croatia, filled FIT-Choice Scale (Watt & Richardson, 2007) Demotivation Men Teaching Career Choice Scale. Results revealed that, regardless their gender, were primarily mo...

the main problem of solid waste management system in tehran is to handle a large amount of waste (7.641 ton/day in 2008). therefore, source reduction can be introduced as one of the first priority for solid waste management in tehran. this research represents the first attempt to quantify the source reduction potential in the city, and subsequently, outlines the principle guidelines, legislatio...

Abstract The present study aimed to explore the impact of teaching critical thinking skills through applying debate on the use of communicative strategies. At first 60 intermediate students were selected and placed in two homogenous groups of control and experimental through passing Nelson test. Then, a critical thinking appraisal was run to the two groups both before and after the treatment. T...

Motivation is an essential factor for achieving success in learning English as a second language. Several studies have reported that learners' experiences during communication skills classes can significantly impact their motivation to enhance language proficiency. Learners’ ignites enthusiasm and determination learn, leading them strive more comprehensive understanding of the However, attainin...

The concept of demotivation and removing possible barriers of learning has been researched and advocated throughout the ESL/EFL literature but it seems that it has not been well studied at least on Iranian seminary EFL learners. As such, this study aimed at investigating the effect of demotivation on oral performance of Iranian EFL seminary learners and finding possible demotivating factors whi...