TITLE:
A Study of Teacher Factors on the Demotivation of High School Low Level English Learners
AUTHORS:
Leyi Huang, Meifang Jiang
KEYWORDS:
Learning Motivation, Demotivation, High School, Low-Level English Learners, Teacher Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Linguistics,
Vol.14 No.4,
July
31,
2024
ABSTRACT: Using a questionnaire-based research method supplemented by interviews, this study conducted an empirical research on teacher factors on the demotivation of high school low level English learners in the region of Pearl River Delta. The results of the study showed that: 1) The phenomenon of demotivation is more common among high school low-level learners of English; 2) The four teacher factors affecting students’ demotivation, in descending order, are: teachers’ professional competence, teachers’ teaching methods and attitudes, teacher-student relationship, and teachers’ quality and stability; 3) The students of Senior Two have the greatest number of cases of demotivation, followed by Senior Three, and Senior One has the fewest such cases; 4) Female students show cases of demotivation more often than male students. In order to reduce the Possibilities of teacher factors in students’ demotivation, this study makes recommendations from the perspectives of teachers, students, and school administrators.