The relationship between the professional growth of foreign language teachers and their teaching ability development has always been the focus of academic attention. Based on SPSSAU online statistical software and questionnaires, this paper studies the interactive factors influencing the professional growth and teaching ability development of foreign language teachers of higher learning. The results show that (1) the professional growth and teaching ability development of foreign language teachers promote each other in many aspects, (2) The main internal factors that limit the professional growth of foreign language teachers are academic background, professional title and length of study, while the main external factors are heavy teaching tasks, poor research atmosphere and low income of teachers, (3) The internal factors that restrict the development of foreign language teachers' teaching ability are mainly the lack of scientific research ability and teaching communication and discussion, while the external factors are mainly related to whether Colleges and Universities can formulate active policies to provide effective communication and provide learning platform for teachers and effectively improve teachers' scientific research ability.

Shi Mingming, Xu Yinxue, Xu Yi. The Factors Influencing the Interaction between Professional Growth and Teaching Ability Development of Foreign Language Teachers of Higher Learning. Frontiers in Educational Research (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 4: 237-245. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2024.070440.

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