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The teacher, his instructional method, and indeed his characteristics are considered to be the decisive factors for the success or failure of education. The current study was carried out to determine the Iranian EFL teachers’ perception of immunity in their occupational contexts, that is in English language institutes and public schools. To achieve this objective, one hundred EFL teachers teaching in public schools (N = 50) and language institutes (N = 50), in Isfahan, were selected through convenience sampling to participate in this study. Then, the Teachers’ Immunity Level questionnaire was administered to them, and they were interviewed as well. The teachers were asked about their perception of immunity in their own occupational setting. All the teachers working in language institutes believed that teachers in these educational centers are suffering from low levels of job immunity. The teachers were also asked about the reasons underlying the high and low levels of job immunity in these two educational contexts. The teachers in language institutes believed that the dearth of monitoring by the government, the large number of unemployed educated people, employers’ greed, and lowering the value of education in the society are among the most important reasons underlying this catastrophe in language institutes. These findings can have some implications for the decision-makers in the Iranian Ministry of Education to provide language institutes with more support and attention with an eye to eliminating the mentioned problems.

During the last decade, the issue of teachers’ immunity and its relation with other affective factors has engrossed the consideration of some researchers. The present research was carried out to determine the relationship among emotional intelligence, self-efficacy, and teachers’ immunity in Iranian language centers and public schools. To achieve this objective, one hundred EFL instructors teaching in public schools (N=50) and language centers (N=50), in Isfahan, were selected through the convenience sampling method to act as participants of the study. They were given three questionnaires on Self-Efficacy, Emotional Intelligence, and Teachers’ Immunity, and the resulting scores were analyzed statistically. The obtained results revealed that in language centers, self-efficacy and emotional intelligence could not predict the teachers’ immunity. However, there was a substantial association between the teachers’ scores obtained from three questionnaires. These findings might have suggestions for the decision-makers in the Ministry of Education to provide the facilities needed to improve teachers’ immunity.

In recent years, the personal characteristics and attitudes of teachers have attracted the attention of various scholars. The teacher’s immunity level is one of the newly proposed concepts in this area. The present study aimed at exploring the difference between the immunity level of the Iranian EFL teachers at language centers and public schools. In order to achieve this objective, one hundred EFL teachers teaching in public schools (N = 50) and language centers (N = 50), in Isfahan, were selected through convenience sampling to participate in this study. Then, the Teachers’ Immunity Level questionnaire was administered to them, and they were interviewed as well.  The obtained results revealed that teachers working in public schools have higher levels of immunity compared to the ones working in language centers. This finding can have some implications for the decision-makers in the Iranian Ministry of Education to provide adequate amenities to improve teachers’ immunity in language centers.