Language Teacher Wellbeing across the Career Span

Giulia Sulis is a researcher at the University of Graz, Austria. Her research interests lie in all aspects surrounding the psychology of language learning and teaching, in particular language learning motivation, language learning engagement, Willingness to Communicate and language teacher wellbeing.Sarah Mercer is Professor and Head of the ELT Research and Methodology Department at the University of Graz, Austria. Her research interests lie in all aspects of language learning psychology (teacher and learner perspectives), in particular in self-related constructs, engagement, agency, affect, belief systems and wellbeing.Sonja Babic is a researcher at the University of Graz, Austria. Her research interests lie in the psychology of language learning and teaching, teacher well-being, gerontology and psychogerontology.Astrid Mairitsch is a research assistant at the University of Graz, Austria. Her research interests lie in the societal appreciation of teachers, teacher status, wellbeing of EFL teachers, and positive psychology in foreign language education.

As a teacher who has traversed the four career phases reflected in this book, I can personally attest to the veracity of the authors’ characterization of the dynamic nature of wellbeing and the internal and external factors that influence it. I highly recommend that all teachers everywhere, no matter their current trajectory, read this book. Unquestionably, they’ll find themselves reflected somewhere in these pages and feel the camaraderie and kindredship that can only be felt by being a teacher.

• Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Language Teacher WellbeingChapter 3. Pre-Service Language TeachersChapter 4. Early-Career Language TeachersChapter 5. Mid-Career Language TeachersChapter 6. Late-Career Language Teachers         Chapter 7. Teacher Wellbeing Across the Career SpanChapter 8. Implications and Future DirectionsAppendicesReferencesIndex