The relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ reflective behavior and their proficiency level

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Öz Please fill up the following information accurately. (Please use Times New Roman, 12 pt. The relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ reflective behavior and their proficiency level The main aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between Iranian EFL Teachers’ reflective behavior as well as their gender and their proficiency level. It also aimed to probe sub-scales of teachers' reflectivity as the best predictors of teachers' proficiency to determine whether different aspects of teacher reflectivity, namely, practical, cognitive, metacognitive, affective, and critical reflection had a noticeable impact on the proficiency level of Iranian EFL teachers. To this end, an IELTS test comprising four skills as well as The Language Teachers' Reflective Inventory (LTRI) were administered to 60 English teachers in three institutes in Shiraz, Iran. The results of the study indicated that there was low positive relationship between reflectivity and teachers EFL proficiency. Besides, among all sub-scales of teachers' reflectivity, just cognitive and practical had a significant contribution in predicting the scores on proficiency at p<.05. In addition, there was no significant difference in scores for females and males with respect to their reflectivity. Information about Author(s)* Author 1 Author (Last name, First name) Mirza Suzani, SamadAffiliated institution (University) Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, IranCountry IranEmail address [email protected] & Rank Assistant Professor of TEFLCorresponding author (Yes/No) Write only one corresponding author. Yes Author 2 Author (Last name, First name) Affiliated institution (University) Country Email address Department & Rank Corresponding author (Yes/No) Author 3 Author (Last name, First name) Affiliated institution (University) Country Email address Department & Rank Corresponding author (Yes/No) Author 4 Author (Last name, First name) Affiliated institution (University) Country Email address Department & Rank Corresponding author (Yes/No)