6 reference and to encourage the future researchers to do researches about future pre-
service teachers professional identity tensions.
D. Definition of Terms
1. Pre-Service Teachers
Pre-service teachers are college students who do supervised teaching practices in school as they are preparing in becoming a good quality teacher
Mergler Spooner-Lane, 2012. Pre-service teachers can be defined also as college students of teacher training or education program, the program in which
they complete before begin teaching as real teacher Rahimi, 2015. Therefore, the pre-service teachers in this study are college students who are conducting their
teaching practices in a teaching preparation class or in a university-partner school.
2. Pre-Service Teaching Program in School Program Pengalaman
LapanganPPL
Pre-Service Teaching Program in ELESP is divided into two phases; the first is Micro Teaching, and the second is Pre-Service Teaching Program in School
PPLProgram Pengalaman Lapangan. PPL is the final program covers the practice of teaching and school administrating which takes place in the real school under the
supervision of senior teacher guru pamong for about 2 or 2,5 months Fakultas
Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, 2013. In this research, the discussion of pre- service teaching program will focus on the PPL, which was being participated by
ELESP pre-service teachers during the odd semester around July to December 2016.
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3. EFL English as Foreign Language
According to Verplaetse Migliacci 2008, EFL students are students who are studying English in a country where English is not the primary language
as cited in Jackson, 2015, p. 20. In line with the statement, the researcher states in this research that EFL refers to the condition where English is not the primary
language. Further, the research is conducted in Indonesia where English is still considered as not the primary language.
4. EFL Pre-Service Teachers
Considering that the definition of pre-service teachers and EFL have been stated above, the researcher defines EFL pre-service teachers as college students of
English Language Teaching department who involved with school-based field experience in a country where English is not the primary language. In this research,
EFL Pre-Service Teachers refer to ELESP students from batch 2013 who have taken their Pre-Service Teaching Program in School PPL at university-partner schools
during their 7
th
semester, around July to December 2016.
5. Identity
