EFL Pre-service Teachers' Emotional Experiences and Enthusiasm in an Online Collaborative Lesson Planning

Abstract

This study explores the enthusiasm of pre-service teachers (PsTs) of English as a foreign language (EFL) in an online collaborative lesson planning (OCLP) in a virtual classroom setting. It employed a narrative inquiry that elicited data by using a narrative journal with the theme of enthusiasm and personal stories delivered in an interview. It involved two PsTs who were enrolled in an Instructional Design course offered in the English Department of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education in one of the State Institutes of Islamic Studies in Indonesia. The data on the PsTs’ enthusiasm was analyzed by using Hargreaves’ (2005) five types of emotional geographies. The results of this study revealed that PsTs’ emotional geographies and their enthusiasm for both verbal and non-verbal stories in lesson plan design demonstrated several variations. This implies that the PsTs’ enthusiasm was an important emotional experience in taking part in the OCLP activities to support their professional engagement and development. The implication is that PsTs who have strong positive emotions and enthusiasm in taking part in the pedagogical practices will contribute to the teacher education pedagogical goal.