Probing into the boredom of online instruction among Chinese English language teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic

• Published in: Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) Vol. 43; no. 13; pp. 12144 - 12158
• Main Author: Wang, Yongliang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2024; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Behavioral Science and Psychology; Boredom; China; Chinese languages; COVID-19; Educational aspects; English as a second language; English as a second language instruction; English teachers; Epidemics; Online education; Online instruction; Pandemics; Psychological aspects; Psychology; Second language teachers; Social Sciences; Study and teaching; Teachers; Technology application; China; COVID-19 pandemic; Chinese EFL Teachers; Online instruction; Teacher boredom

Although researching emotions in language education has dramatically increased during the past decades, little is written about the effects of aversive feelings like teacher boredom in the English as a foreign language (EFL) context, especially in the context of online instruction during the COVID-1...