The Effect of Teacher Burnout on EFL Learners Foreign Language Anxiety

Effective teaching requires high level of emotional and labor investment compared toother professions, however, teacher burnout and ineffective classroom management and behavior in dealing with students’ misbehavior may have devastating effects on students’ affective status and learning. As a result, the present study was set out to explore the effect of teacher burnout on EFL learners foreign language anxiety. More specifically, this study investigated the relationship between the level of EFL teachers burnout and their students foreign language anxiety.Theparticipants were 97 English language learners and 15 EFL teachers recruited from language institutes in Mashhad, Iran. All EFL teachers completed Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) while their students responded to the foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCAS) inventory. The results revealed that EFL teachers burnout had a positive relationship with students foreign language anxiety.Students’ fear of negative evaluation and communication apprehension specifically contributed to EFL teachers emotional exhaustion.