Emotional Geographies Of An Efl Student-Teacher During Online Teaching Practicum

Abstract

This study focuses on analyzing student-teacher's emotion during online teaching practice in the context of EFL class. The data were collected through a face-to-face interview to the one of student-teacher from private university in Indonesia who took her teaching practicum program in Yogyakarta. Then the data was analyzed by using qualitative thematic analysis. The findings of this study represented 3 of 5 Hargreaves's emotional geography framework; 1) Physical geography, 2) Political geography, and 3) Professional geography. This study reveals that student-teacher is facing both positive and negative emotions during her online teaching practicum. These emotions come because of the relationship or interaction that occurs between the student-teacher and the supervisor teacher, her students, and even with her colleagues. Thus, this study implies that the student-teacher's emotions exist as a natural thing among them.