Inspiring English teachers: a comparative study of learner perceptions of inspirational teaching

What makes teachers motivating? 

Martin Lamb and Martin Wedell 

The first report, 'Inspiring English teachers: a comparative study of learner perceptions of inspirational teaching', reviews the literature on motivational teaching and presents findings on the nature of inspiring teaching in two countries, looking at how learners perceive the qualities of teachers who inspire them.

The second report 'Portraits of inspiring English teachers in China and Indonesia' illustrates some of the diverse ways in which language teachers can inspire learners, and we hope their example may inspire other teachers to continue searching for their own unique form of inspirational pedagogy.

This research project received funding from the British Council’s English Language Teaching Research Award.

These reports are free to download.

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