EFL Pre-service Teachers’ Identity

14 grammar and fluent in speaking. Moreover, they are able to speak English well and fluently. In brief, it can be concluded that a language expert focuses more on students’ great understanding of the material by considering herself or himself as the main source of knowledge. 2 Learning Facilitator The next category is learning facilitator. Xu 2013 states that this category refers to the pre-service teacher who focuses on the stude nts’ learning process and becoming a facilitator in the teaching learning process. In this case, a learning facilitator believes that teaching is more on giving students opportunity to undergo the process and get full assistance from the teacher. In a addition, as a learning facilitator, Xu emphasizes that a teacher can create a two-way learning condition because learning is not only from a teacher as the main source of knowledge. Specifically, a teacher as a learning facilitator commonly applies learner center practice. In accordance to this, Iswandari 2016 also argues that a learning facilitator is often considered as a students’ friend. Furthermore, McCombs, Daniels and Perry 2008 also state that a teacher as a learning facilitator includes students in educational decision making, respects and encourages their diverse perspectives, and treat students as partners in the teaching and learning process. Additionally, Clapper 2009 states that being a learning facilitator means that strategies and activities brings the students to accomplish the learning objectives. Similar with Clapper 2009, Harden 2000 also argues that a teacher as a learning facilitator facilitates the learning process rather than acts simply as an information provider. In relation to this, a teacher as a learning facilitator will surely 15 allow the students to become actively engaged. Besides, the next characteristic of learning facilitators is they tend to make best use of media in order to help the students achieve great understanding rather than explaining the material in the long time Xu, 2013. This is in line with Naz and Akbar 2005, who clearly states that teaching learning media is a medium that a teacher uses to present lesson effectively. Hence, it leads a learning facilitator consider himself or herself as someone who facilitates the students in the teaching learning process. In brief, a learning facilitator, in this particular context, refers to the pre- service teacher who is friendly and can build good relation with the students. Further, as a learning facilitator, they can create fun teaching learning activities by considering teaching learning media as the medium that can promote studen ts’ understanding. Besides, a learning facilitator also emphasizes more on facilitating the students learning process rather than explaining the materials in front of the class. 3 Spiritual Guide Another identity category is spiritual guide, which focuses on aspect related to the “guiding students’ minds, spirit, and pursuits” Xu, 2013, p. 82. In relation to this, a spiritual guide considers himself or herself as a good teacher with a good attitude and an ability to guide the students to become a good human being. Furthermore, as a spiritual guide, she or he also realizes that a teacher has great influence towards the students. This is in line with Bashir, Bajwa, and Sulmaz Rana 2014 who state that teachers have long-lasting impacts on the students’ lives.