LANGUAGE TEACHERS' ASPECTS OF IDENTITY AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR: IDENTITY, BEHAVIOR AND PROFESSIONAL CHANGE

PROFESSIONALISM HAS BEEN DIFFERENTLY GIVEN DEFINITIONS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS AND ITS SETS OF ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS AS WELL AS COMPONENTS ARE MAINLY DESCRIBED AND IDENTIFIED WITH REGARD TO THE SPECIFIC PROFESSION ONE AIMS TO UNCOVER. TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND INVESTIGATE THESE PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIORS IN EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY HELP THEM AS WELL AS EDUCATORS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR TEACHERS' IDENTITY AND DO AT THEIR BEST TO DEVELOP SUCH BEHAVIORS IN THEIR STUDENTS! CONSEQUENTLY, THIS PAPER WILL OFFER AN IN DEPTH INSIGHT INTO THE PROBABLE RELATION BETWEEN A SAMPLE OF 100 IRANIAN EFL TEACHERS' ASPECTS OF IDENTITY (PERSONAL, RELATIONAL, SOCIAL AND COLLECTIVE) AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE EMPLOYMENT OF TWO VALIDATED AND RELIABLE QUESTIONNAIRES AND AFTERWARDS WILL EXHIBIT THE OUTCOMES AS WELL AS THE DISCUSSIONS RELEVANT TO THE CONTEXTS OF TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.