Demotivating Factors among ELT Students of Farhangian University of Mashhad: A Grounded Theory

Demotivation is the dark side of motivation which has detrimental effects on students’ achievement and success. Trying to investigating the reasons of demotivation among ELT student teachers at Farhangian University of Mashhad, this study used a qualitative grounded theory approach in which male and female students were interviewed. The results indicate factors such as lack of initial interest, unfamiliarity with the ELT course prior to selecting the major, demotivating atmosphere, job security, practicum and university characteristics such as lack of facilities and restricting regulations, and professors’ strictness are among the possible demotivating factors and especial attention needs to be paid to create motivational atmospheres in Farhangian University

کلیدواژه ها:

demotivation ، grounded theory ، interest ، job security ، practicum ، professors ، atmosphere