Beliefs are central to all areas of human behaviour including language learning and teaching. Teachers’ beliefs are significant in different dimensions of their teaching as well as the improvement in educational process. Beliefs affect teachers while they decide on teaching strategies and their attitude towards classroom challenges. A variety of factors like teachers’ gender, age and years of experience shape their beliefs. The possible difference in Iranian EFL teachers’ language learning beliefs considering their years of experience has been investigated in this study. The population of the study comprised 202 EFL teachers in Iranian high schools setting. Data were gathered using the BALLI instrument teachers’ version developed by Horwitz (1985), a demographic information questionnaire and structured interviews. The MANOVA results revealed slight differences among the teachers’ language learning beliefs considering their years of experience. The content analysis of the follow-up interviews confirmed the results obtained from the BALLI questionnaire. The results of this study has implications for teachers and teacher trainers to pay attention to teachers’ beliefs with regard to language learning and to increase their alertness about their beliefs.
Rezaee,A. and Fahimi,Z. (2025). Compatibility Level of Teachers’ Years of Experience on Language Learning Beliefs. (e729251). Applications of Language Studies, (), e729251 doi: 10.22034/jals.2025.2061298.1081
MLA
Rezaee,A. , and Fahimi,Z. . "Compatibility Level of Teachers’ Years of Experience on Language Learning Beliefs" .e729251 , Applications of Language Studies, , , 2025, e729251. doi: 10.22034/jals.2025.2061298.1081
HARVARD
Rezaee A., Fahimi Z. (2025). 'Compatibility Level of Teachers’ Years of Experience on Language Learning Beliefs', Applications of Language Studies, (), e729251. doi: 10.22034/jals.2025.2061298.1081
CHICAGO
A. Rezaee and Z. Fahimi, "Compatibility Level of Teachers’ Years of Experience on Language Learning Beliefs," Applications of Language Studies, (2025): e729251, doi: 10.22034/jals.2025.2061298.1081
VANCOUVER
Rezaee A., Fahimi Z. Compatibility Level of Teachers’ Years of Experience on Language Learning Beliefs. ALS, 2025; (): e729251. doi: 10.22034/jals.2025.2061298.1081
