The feasibility of increasing EFL teachers’ enthusiasm through improving their vision

Teacher enthusiasm is an effective factor in teacher behavior and the quality of teaching-learning processes, yet it has been almost entirely overlooked in ELT and teacher education in Iran. The aim of the present study was therefore to examine the capacity of vision and imagery in improving language teacher enthusiasm. Eight EFL teachers were recruited via purposeful sampling and were exposed to a six-week vision-based intervention. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were analyzed according to thematic content analysis. The findings demonstrated that the vision-based intervention was effective in boosting TEFL teachers’ enthusiasm. Two major emergent themes of the data were (a) the improvement of positive emotions towards teaching profession, and (b) the enhancement of instruction as well as job satisfaction. The results of this study indicate the importance and effectiveness of mental imagery and vision enhancement in the development of teacher enthusiasm.