Investigating Self Professional Development in Teaching English - The Case of English College Teachers’ Role as Models

Oct 15, 2026

Self Professional Development is presented as a key driver of Foreign Language Learning, making strategies for developing professional English college teachers essential for strengthening lecturers’ role as models. A survey involving 30 EFL lecturers from PGRI Teacher Training College and IAIN Tulungagung (East Java) identifies foundations and practical directions for improving English professional performance. Using a questionnaire with three open-ended questions, the study outlines nine professional efforts covering identity, demands, intelligence, networking, knowledge, ICT benefits, and academic research engagement.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages17

Reading Time43 min

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A. Introduction

Self Professional Development and teaching context

Problems and qualification requirements

Related previous studies

DINAMIKA ILMU Vol. 18 No. 1, 2018 P-ISSN: 1411-3031; E-ISSN: 2442-9651 doi: [http://dx.doi.org/10.21093/di.v18i1.103](http://dx.doi.org/10.21093/di.v18i1.1034)[4](http://dx.doi.org/10.21093/di.v18i1.1034) Investigating Self Professional Development in Teaching English: The Case of English College Teachers’ Role as Models Dwi Astuti Wahyu Nurhayati State Islamic Institute of Tulungagung, Indonesia e-mail: [dwiastuti507@gmail.com](dwiastuti507@gmail.com) Abstract Self Professional Development is one of the key factors in Foreign Language Learning, and therefore strategies in developing English professional college teachers should be seen as an important aspect of improving English lecturers’role as models. This research conducted a survey towards 30 EFL lecturers of PGRI Teacher Training College and IAIN Tulungagung, East Java, to highlight the foundations in improving efforts in bringing forth English Professional who try to develop the favourable results of the act of acquiring particular knowledge. The instrument -a questionnaire including three open ended questions-was created by reconsidering similar papers around skilled progress. This study reveals the fact that to be a professional English college teachers, one should develop nine professional efforts namely perceived professional identity as model; progress advancement demands, intellectual and fulfilled profiency; factual intelligence and well-qualified accomplishments; professional networking; pedagogical content knowledge; perceived benefits of ICT use to students (perceived by the teacher); perceived benefits to the college teachers (self); engaging conducting academic research. Keywords: Self Professional Development, English teaching, English college teachers A. Introduction Living in this digitalized era, English as an international language has an essential role in all aspects of life. Commonly, English college teachers as the motor element face many problems such as the students’ low motivation to learn, low input, the implicative government text book, the lack of supporting environment, unsupported school facilities to eradicate students, the lack of English college teachers who master in instructional technology, uncreative English college teachers, the lack of mastering teaching methods or strategies. Meanwhile, the government qualification requirements to English college teachers are high. Self Professional Development is consodered asthe fundamental in improving English college teacher’s quality in reforming the national education. It becomes self responsibility for every single college teachers. Commonly, as educators and teachers, they are definitely required to improve their ability, knowledge, thought and attention. It is closely related to education condition that educational reforms require English college teachers acquire recent acts and styles of instruction, meaning a skilled expansion practice require lecturers to engage in grwong individual habit. The claims mannered by regularly instruction and alternative conditions of productive school educational program carry on taking in a totality of lecturer’s strength, thinking, thought and attention (McDiarmid, 1993) . Late standardizes in study are continually being recommended in advance in order to recover the nature of conveying training, At the center of complete particular resolves educators or lecturers do magnates. Anyhow in the exapanding universe, lecturers seem to be incumbent upon accomplishing extremely many things in so little time. A few disputes, most of them are competently inclined for thw standardizations which areswindeled them.. In other dilemmas, most of them get insufficient governmental backing. Some English lecturers in Tulungagung, East Java, Indonesia, who once did a research and administration works in Southern country, displayed huge qualified burden the enermous professional pressure that Indonesian lecturers have to deal with. They revealed curious

FAQs

What is the role of Self Professional Development in this research?

Self Professional Development is treated as a fundamental factor in improving English college teachers’ quality and their effectiveness as models in foreign language learning.

How was the study conducted and who participated?

The study used a survey method with 30 EFL lecturers from PGRI Teacher Training College and IAIN Tulungagung in East Java.

What are the nine professional efforts identified for professional English college teachers?

The nine efforts cover professional identity as a model, progress advancement demands, intellectual fulfillment, factual intelligence and accomplishments, professional networking, pedagogical content knowledge, ICT benefits to students, perceived benefits to college teachers, and engaging in academic research.

Oct 15, 2026

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