Innovation in Language Learning

This study focuses on the analysis of the burnout syndrome in English teachers who work in schools in some counties in central Asturias, a north-western province in Spain. This article reports on an investigation responding to this situation in which teachers´ attitude towards work is affected. Maslach (1982) studied this concept and concluded that the burnout syndrome can be defined as tiredness or loss of motivation in teachers. Being these two feelings the ones that produced that perception of inequacy and failure and, therefore, the lack of work satisfaction.

The burnout syndrome is caused by stress produced by the teaching profession. This study shows the reason why English teachers who work in different schools in central Asturias are affected by the burnout syndrome. The results have been obtained from a survey sent to teachers of different group ages and number of years of experience, work situation, as well as schools. The surveys will be done individually and anonymously since they will be sent and received using the application Google drive.  The surveys will be done between the months of June and September 2014. Those interviews include a translation into Spanish of the the Coppenhagenn Burnout Inventory. A descriptive analysis of the results will be presented along with recommendations for further research.