The construct of emotional wellbeing in the professional development of language teachers: A comparative study between Spain and Denmark

In recent years, the burnout paradigm in the teaching profession, focused on emotional exhaustion and diminishing of professional outcomes, has being replaced by an alternative line of research centred upon teacher wellbeing. Such line addresses the factors required to ensure the satisfaction and wellbeing of teachers. However, there are to date very few studies attempting to investigate the wellbeing of foreign language teachers in particular, in spite of the fact that this condition has proved to be subject-dependent.