Motivational aspects for EFL teachers to start and complete inset courses implemented by english opens doors program

Abstract

Nowadays, many places offer a wide range of English Certificate courses that help teachers to improve their knowledge and create new strategies to teach their students. Because of that, it was deemed interesting to research about an in service training course given by the English Opens Doors Program in charge of MINEDUC. In order to find the motivational aspects that help teachers to take these courses and at the same time, to remain in them. The motivational aspects are focused on teachers who took the courses at Católica Silva Henríquez University in the present year (2014). According to the specific information that was required, three instruments were designed (two surveys and one interview) in order to discover which were the main factors that influenced teachers to take part and remain in the English Certificate course. This research has the necessity to show a reality that influence our actual teachers and help us to believe that the task as a teacher is to improve every day for the Education.