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Attrition of Foreign Language Teachers: Workplace Realities
Author(s) -
Wilkerson Carol
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2000.tb00887.x
Subject(s) - attrition , extant taxon , foreign language , psychology , field (mathematics) , pedagogy , mathematics education , medicine , mathematics , dentistry , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics , biology
Little has been published about the attrition rates of foreign language teachers. Most extant research quantifies demographic information, such as gender or age, but not the reasons teachers leave. This study reveals that foreign language teachers leave the classroom if they are unable to cope with unexpected workplace realities, often as a result of having spent little time in the field prior to full‐time teaching.