Differences in Demotivation Between Chinese and Korean English Teachers: A Mixed-Methods Study

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 299-310

  Kim, Tae Young ^a   Kim, Yoon Kyoung ^a   Zhang, Qian Mei ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Administrative tasks; China; Demotivation; English teacher; Korea; Number of students per classroom; School parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899840725     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: 22437908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40299-013-0105-x     Document Type: Article

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