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This paper is concerned with the joy of teaching from different perspectives of five EFL in-service teachers in Vietnam and the ways they use to maintain it. Guiding questions that support my inquiry in this paper are the following: What is joy of teaching according to EFL in-service teachers? In what ways do they maintain the joy of teaching? The joy of teaching is subjective and reflects individual experience. It can be changed due to teaching and learning context, teachers’ professional development as well as their various personal issues. Accordingly, the notion of joy in teaching will vary and the ways teachers maintain the joy will adapt to their current circumstances. An insight into EFL teachers’ views and their experience of joy cultivation will bring certain benefits for teaching development as well as the back-ward time for teaching reflection. The findings are predicted to instruct and inspire not only the novice but also the experienced.
Keywords: narrative inquiry, joy of teaching, foreign language, maintain, subjective
