Getsempena English Education Journal
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023)

ON BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH TEACHER : THE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION THROUGH EMOTIONS

Sitti Syakira (Universitas Siliwangi)
Fuad Abdullah (Universitas Siliwangi)
M. Rifqi Romdoni Anwari (Universitas Siliwangi)
Agis Andriani (Universitas Siliwangi)
Arini Nurul Hidayati (Universitas Siliwangi)
Dede Anwar (Universitas Siliwangi)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Jun 2023

Abstract

In teacher identity studies, limited attention has been generally paid to how the pre-service teachers constructed their identity by conveying various emotions in their practices. Most scholars identified the pre-service teacher's emotions during the teaching practices program. However, identifying these emotions during online teaching practices remains under-researched. Given this fact, this study probed how an English pre-service teacher’s emotions constructed his professional identity during online teaching practices. This study employed a narrative inquiry of an English pre-service teacher during online teaching practices in one of the senior high schools in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia. The data were collected from an English pre-service teacher’s reflective journals and analysed with narrative analysis (Labov, 1972). The findings revealed that the English pre-service teacher met various emotions manifested in his professional identity construction. There were five emotions experienced during online teaching practices, namely worrying, challenging, empathetic, enjoyable, and determined explored in seven critical activities of the professional practice process. During learning to teach, he could manage his negative emotions (i.e., worrying, challenging, empathetic) into positive emotions (i.e., enjoyable, determined). Therefore, his emotions experienced during online teaching practices implied that his professional identity commenced constructing in the seven activities of his professional construction process.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

geej

Publisher

Subject

Education

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Getsempena English Education Journal (e-ISSN: 2502-6801 and p-ISSN 2355-004X) is a periodical scientific publication dedicated to lecturers, students and educational observers to disseminate relevant research, thought and research results in the field of English. Any visitor to this site can browse ...