The Impact of Teacher’s Personality on Learner’s Motivation.

Abstract

This dissertation examined the extent to which teacher’s personality affects student’s motivation who learn English as a foreign language (EFL). The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between teacher’s personality and EFL learners’ motivation. It also attempted to examine whether teacher’s personality characteristics influences student’s motivation positively or negatively. This investigation was conducted with the third year LMD students of English Department at Ibn Khaldoun University. Thus, 30 students were selected randomly to participate in this study. It was based on the use of the descriptive research were data were collected both quantitatively through the use of a questionnaire and qualitatively through an interview. The findings showed that there is a relationship between teacher’s personality and learner’s motivation. Also the results of this study indicated that just like other factors such as (personal experiences, learner’s environment), the personality of theteacher is a crucial factor that has significant impacts on EFL learner’s motivation. This research tackled descriptively one area of this relationship. Therefore, important research directions and recommendations are suggested.