Careful attention should be given to the individual motivations of foreign native and
non-native ESL teachers wanting to teach a variety of subjects using the English language as
the language of instruction at Thai educational organizations. Schools should, apart from
looking at the basic qualifications of a teacher, also look at what are the motivational factors
which drives the teacher to teach in Thailand. The motivational factors which are the driving
force behind the teacher, will influence the student’s approval rates of the teacher, and as such
can lead to more meaningful learning experiences for the students. The results of this research
revealed that students could vividly recall both the best and worst teachers, and could provide
rhyme and reason as to why the students were thinking in that manner. Furthermore, traveling
teachers, teachers who would only stay at the school for one or two terms, were not memorable
to the students, and as such didn’t have any proven positive or negative impact on the students.
