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INDONESIAN EFL TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES OF USING COPING STRATEGIES TO DEAL WITH STRESS AT WORK Krisanti, Nadya Demes; Siti Masrifatul Fitriyah; Annur Rofiq
ELLTER Journal Vol. 5 No. 1 (2024): ELLTER JOURNAL
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka (UHAMKA Press)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22236/ellter.v5i1.13309

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Teaching has been recognized as one of stressful occupations. In Indonesia, EFL teachers also perceive stress at work due to abundant responsibilities that they carry out. The use of coping strategies is essential to help them deal with stress at work. Therefore, this study aims to explore EFL teachers' experiences, especially the sources of their stress, the coping strategies used by EFL teachers, and the advantages and challenges of using those coping strategies. Using a narrative-based approach to explore their experiences, the findings show that there were 8 sources of EFL teacher’s stress at work. The coping strategies varied from five areas of: work demands, boredom, personal conflict, interpersonal conflict, and emotion. Those coping strategies were helpful to lessen the feeling of stress and resolve teachers’ problems at work. Despite those advantages, the teachers also mentioned that lack of me-time can be a challenge for the optimum use of the coping strategies. Meanwhile, social support from family and friends can contribute to help the teachers deal with their stress at work.
‘I ALMOST CRIED’: PRE-SERVICE TEACHER’S EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES DURING A TEACHING PRACTICUM Purwanto, Luthfia Navaberliana; Fitriyah, Siti Masrifatul; Ariani, Musli
ELLTER Journal Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024): ELLTER JOURNAL
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka (UHAMKA Press)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22236/ellter.v5i2.15786

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Emotions are closely related to teaching and learning activities, especially for pre-service teachers as beginners in the field of teaching. In the classroom, there is not only an exchange of knowledge but also effective aspects of teaching and learning that might be challenging for pre-service teachers as they are mostly unfamiliar with the real classroom situation. Thus, this study aimed to explore and investigate one of the authors’ as a pre-service teacher's emotional experiences during a teaching practicum program, chosen through a purposeful sampling technique. The selected participant met the requirements for the study: an EFL pre-service teacher assigned to a teaching practicum program, capable and willing to write diary entries for data collection. To record the emotional experiences, the participant wrote diary entries during practicum. The data collection will be analyzed using categorical content analysis before writing the findings in narrative form. The findings explicate that pre-service teacher experienced both negative and positive emotions as a result of their interaction related to academic activities and their environment. Both emotions were found to affect pre-service teacher’s strategy, motivation, creativity, goals, students’ learning outcomes, and the whole teaching practicum experience.