English teachers are commonly confronted with the dilemma in the EFL classroom.However,Ellis(2009)mentioned thatless attention has been paid to this domain.The aim of this paper is to examine sources of demotivation among 17 English teachersin a vocational technical institute in China.The findings indicated that teacher demotivation is mainly attributed to six factors:thediscordance among the polarization of student language proficiency level,big class size and inappropriate course book,inhibitedteacher self-efficacy,government-mandated policy,inadequate school facilities and low student self-autonomy/self-efficacy.
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