| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第15-17页 |
| 1.2 Purpose of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Study | 第18页 |
| 1.4 Organization of the Thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第19-31页 |
| 2.1 Conceptualization of EFL Teacher Burnout in Professional Development | 第19-27页 |
| 2.1.1 Definition of Teacher Professionalization | 第19页 |
| 2.1.2 Teachers' Professional Development | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.3 Teacher Burnout | 第21-23页 |
| 2.1.4 Contributing Factors to Teacher Burnout | 第23-26页 |
| 2.1.5 Measurement of Job Burnout | 第26-27页 |
| 2.2 Research on Teacher Burnout | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.1 Research on Teacher Burnout Abroad | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2.2 Researches on Teacher Burnout at Home | 第28页 |
| 2.3 Relation between EFL Teachers' Professional Development and Burnout | 第28-30页 |
| 2.3.1 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Drive of EFL Teachers' ProfessionalDevelopment and Burnout | 第28-30页 |
| 2.4 Critical Evaluation on Previous Researches | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three Related Theories | 第31-39页 |
| 3.1 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs | 第31-33页 |
| 3.1.1 Need for Teachers-Job Satisfaction and Commitments | 第32页 |
| 3.1.2 Need for Teachers - Professional Self-Esteem | 第32-33页 |
| 3.2 The Grounded Theory Methodology | 第33-39页 |
| 3.2.1 The Rationale of the Employment of the Grounded TheoryMethodology | 第33-35页 |
| 3.2.2 Initial Stage of Implementing | 第35-36页 |
| 3.2.3 Intermediate Stage of Implementing | 第36页 |
| 3.2.4 Final Stage of Implementing | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four Research Methodology | 第39-53页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第39页 |
| 4.2 Participants | 第39-43页 |
| 4.2.1 Participants of Questionnaire Surveys | 第39-40页 |
| 4.2.2 Participants of follow-up Interviews | 第40-43页 |
| 4.3 Instruments | 第43-47页 |
| 4.3.1 Maslach Burnout Inventory- Educators Surveys | 第43-44页 |
| 4.3.2 Questionnaires of Affecting Factors to the Teacher Burnout | 第44-45页 |
| 4.3.3 The Pilot Survey | 第45-46页 |
| 4.3.4 In-Depth Interviews | 第46-47页 |
| 4.4 Procedures and Data Collection | 第47-49页 |
| 4.5 Data Analyses | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter Five Results and Discussions | 第53-81页 |
| 5.1 General Situation of the EFL Teacher Burnout | 第53-61页 |
| 5.1.1 Teacher Burnout from General Perspective | 第53-55页 |
| 5.1.2 Teacher Burnout from Individual Perspective | 第55-57页 |
| 5.1.3 Teacher Burnout in Light of Individual Item in MBI-ES | 第57-61页 |
| 5.2 Teacher Burnout from Demographic Domain | 第61-68页 |
| 5.2.1 Relationship between Gender and Teacher Burnout | 第61-62页 |
| 5.2.2 Ages, Years of Teaching and Teacher Burnout | 第62-68页 |
| 5.3 Teacher Burnout from Occupational Environmental Domain | 第68-74页 |
| 5.3.1 Teacher Burnout in Terms of Percentage of Favored OccupationalEnvironmental Sub-Factors | 第69-72页 |
| 5.3.2 Teacher Burnout in Terms of Descriptive Statistics of Three Main Factors | 第72-74页 |
| 5.4 Teacher Burnout in Terms of Multiple Linear RegressionAnalysis | 第74-75页 |
| 5.5 Results of Interview | 第75-81页 |
| 5.5.1 Organizational Management System | 第76-77页 |
| 5.5.2 Students' Poor Competence and Performance | 第77-78页 |
| 5.5.3 Poor Salary and Benefits | 第78-79页 |
| 5.5.4 Workload | 第79页 |
| 5.5.5 Performance Evaluation System | 第79-81页 |
| Chapter Six The Possible Counter-Measures and Solutions | 第81-89页 |
| 6.1 Counter-Measures from Personal Domain | 第81-84页 |
| 6.1.1 Counter-Measures related to Gender Differences | 第81-82页 |
| 6.1.2 Counter-Measures relating to Ages and Years of Teaching Experience | 第82-84页 |
| 6.2 Counter-Measures from Occupational Environmental Domain | 第84-89页 |
| 6.2.1 Counter-Measures in Response to Students' Problems | 第84-85页 |
| 6.2.2 Counter-Measures in Response to Heavy Workload | 第85页 |
| 6.2.3 Counter-Measures in Response to Organizational Management andClimate | 第85-86页 |
| 6.2.4 Counter-Measures in Response to Performance Evaluation System | 第86-87页 |
| 6.2.5 Counter-Measures in Response to Knowledge Renewal | 第87页 |
| 6.2.6 Counter-Measures in Reponses to Coping Strategies | 第87-89页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusions | 第89-95页 |
| 7.1 Major Findings | 第89-92页 |
| 7.2 Limitations | 第92-93页 |
| 7.3 Recommendations for Future Research | 第93-95页 |
| References | 第95-100页 |
| Appendix A | 第100-102页 |
| Appendix B | 第102-103页 |
| Appendix C | 第103-107页 |
| Appendix E | 第107-110页 |
| Appendix F | 第110-111页 |
