<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate boredom among Croatian primary and secondary school teachers of English. The data was gathered by means of an open-ended survey that focused on the teachers’ experiences with classroom boredom. The findings pointed to different causes of boredom in the Croatian FLT context, such as grammar tasks and uninteresting subject matter. Croatian teachers reported various manifestations of boredom, i.e. cognitive and motivational, as well as diverse emotion regulation strategies employed, such as introducing new content or engaging in physical activity. Majority of the teachers stated that boredom did not affect their instructional quality, however there were those who reported having observed adverse effects in their classrooms.</p></abstract>

The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate boredom among Croatian primary and secondary school teachers of English. The data was gathered by means of an open-ended survey that focused on the teachers’ experiences with classroom boredom. The findings pointed to different causes of boredom in the Croatian FLT context, such as grammar tasks and uninteresting subject matter. Croatian teachers reported various manifestations of boredom, i.e. cognitive and motivational, as well as diverse emotion regulation strategies employed, such as introducing new content or engaging in physical activity. Majority of the teachers stated that boredom did not affect their instructional quality, however there were those who reported having observed adverse effects in their classrooms.

Investigating boredom among EFL teachers

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The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate boredom among Croatian primary and secondary school teachers of English. The data was gathered by means of...

Investigating boredom among EFL teachers

Published Online: Jan 07, 2020

Page range: 57 - 80

Received: Jul 22, 2019

Accepted: Sep 25, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2019-0006

Keywords
emotions, L2 teachers, foreign language teaching, teacher boredom, instructional quality

© 2018 Dino Dumančić, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Investigating boredom among EFL teachers

Published Online: Jan 07, 2020

Page range: 57 - 80

Received: Jul 22, 2019

Accepted: Sep 25, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2019-0006

Keywordsemotions, L2 teachers, foreign language teaching, teacher boredom, instructional quality

© 2018 Dino Dumančić, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
emotions, L2 teachers, foreign language teaching, teacher boredom, instructional quality