A Conceptual Analysis of the Factors Affecting EFL Teachers’ Professional Performance

Abstract

EFL teachers' professional performance has a significant impact on students’ English performance and on their educational development. Therefore, it is critical to search for the major factors affecting EFL teachers’ professional performance. This conceptual paper aims to review the literature relevant to EFL teachers’ professional performance and factors that have major effects on the teachers’ performance. In particular, it analyzes three factors that play key roles on the teachers' professional performance. It is revealed that EFL teachers' competency, EFL teachers' work motivation, and EFL teachers' job satisfaction have been identified by the theory of performance and the existing literature as the major influential factors which influence EFL teachers’ professional performance. The factors outlined in the paper are analyzed using the theoretical framework of the theory of performance. The paper provides some recommendations for future research in this regard as well.