JEELS (Journal of English Education and Linguistics Studies)
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2023): JEELS November 2023

“I Have to Take A Deep Breath”: Emotional Geography of EFL Lecturers During Undergraduate Thesis Supervision

Sukarsono (Department of English Education, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung, Indonesia)
Nanik Sri Rahayu (Department of English Education, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung, Indonesia)
Muhammad Andrean Syahsurya (Department of Linguistics, Kazan Federal University, Russia)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Jun 2023

Abstract

Myriad of publications concerning students’ experiences during their final project completion process have been well documented. However, little discussed the supervisors’ emotional geography in fulfilling their task as supervisors for final projects. Therefore, the present study attempts to have an in-depth narrative case study that explores the emotional journeys of two EFL teachers supervising undergraduate thesis. Grounded on Hargreaves' (2001) emotional geography framework, this narrative case study employed direct interviews with EFL lecturers over the course of one month provided the source of the study's data. The study's findings showed that the participant experienced sustainable adaptation through negotiated emotional changes in their experiences as undergraduate thesis supervisors which were anchored by that focuses on physical, social, moral, professional, and political aspects. The findings of this study informed that supervisors experienced different degrees of emotional geographies one of which is caused by the length of supervisory process they have undergone. Pedagogical implications and further studies are also presented.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jeels

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

JEELS aims to disseminate the results of research in English Education and Linguistics. The published articles are the findings of research in the field of English language education and linguistics. The scope of research includes: English language teaching and learning English language testing and ...