{"title":"If only I had selected a different job: Exploring causes, consequences, and profiles of language teacher regret","authors":"Fattaneh Alirezaei Alavijeh, Nourollah Zarrinabadi","doi":"10.1016/j.system.2025.103624","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Language teachers encounter many difficulties and daily struggles, due to the demanding nature of their occupation, which may make them regret selecting this profession. This study explored the presence, causes and consequences of occupational regret among language teachers and investigated how language teachers reacted to this negative feeling. The participants were 40 Iranian English teachers. The findings revealed that language teaching regret was cyclical in nature, including three phases named regret triggers, reactions, and inactivity. Moreover, teachers’ regret was triggered by factors related to the self, work, society, and education system. The reaction strategies were also classified into five groups: avoidance, acceptance, mindset shift, development, and displacement, and the teachers fell under different regret profiles based on how they responded to their regret.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48185,"journal":{"name":"System","volume":"130 ","pages":"Article 103624"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"System","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0346251X2500034X","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Language teachers encounter many difficulties and daily struggles, due to the demanding nature of their occupation, which may make them regret selecting this profession. This study explored the presence, causes and consequences of occupational regret among language teachers and investigated how language teachers reacted to this negative feeling. The participants were 40 Iranian English teachers. The findings revealed that language teaching regret was cyclical in nature, including three phases named regret triggers, reactions, and inactivity. Moreover, teachers’ regret was triggered by factors related to the self, work, society, and education system. The reaction strategies were also classified into five groups: avoidance, acceptance, mindset shift, development, and displacement, and the teachers fell under different regret profiles based on how they responded to their regret.
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This international journal is devoted to the applications of educational technology and applied linguistics to problems of foreign language teaching and learning. Attention is paid to all languages and to problems associated with the study and teaching of English as a second or foreign language. The journal serves as a vehicle of expression for colleagues in developing countries. System prefers its contributors to provide articles which have a sound theoretical base with a visible practical application which can be generalized. The review section may take up works of a more theoretical nature to broaden the background.
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