Abstract

Career in teaching is considered as a profession that involves tutoring students academically at a range of education levels. Investigating and exploring the initial motivation of pre-service English teachers is the objective of this study, in which it is essential to do to assist them chasing their career in teaching as providing three range of motivations namely intrinsic, extrinsic, and altruistic within a descriptive qualitative method is the benefit of this study. Previous studies were predominantly conducted in urban areas where extrinsic motivations were found to be dominant. This study fills the gap by carrying out in a remote area which has not been explored before; providing a unique perspective on the motivations of pre-service English teachers in such contexts. The research involved pre-service English teachers of 2022 academic year. These participants were selected using purposive sampling by respecting their experience in the college and considering that they have not their Practice Teaching yet. A questionnaire was given to 68 pre-service teacher and a semi-structured interview were utilized to 10 of them to gather detailed, accurate, and rich data. Once the data were collected, the analysis was conducted within three steps: data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing. The result of this study shows that career in teaching is……The pre-service English teachers’ motivation reveals that……This study suggests……(will be determined after completing the research)

Keywords: career motivation, pre-service teacher, remote area