Agustinus Semiun Pengarang Dewi I.N.Bili Bora Pengarang Santri E.P.Djahimo Pengarang

ABSTRACT The present article discusses about empowering EFL prospective teachers termed “Pendidikan Profesi Guru” (PPG). It is a program of Indonesian government held by University of Nusa Cendana (Undana).The participants are S1 graduates of English study program from universities in east Indonesia and the istructors or advisors are senior lecturers of English Study program of Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Sciences or Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan (FKIP) of University of Nusa Cendana (Undana) Kupang Indnesia. The aim of the program is to provide professional English teachers before they are recruted to teach in governmental schools in Indonesia. Since the present article is not a research report, even though the article is based on observation, the aim is to discuss how the PPG program implementation goes with the issues about Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE) by Jack C. Richards’ in Jacobs (1997). So it is a kind of a critical look at how the PPG program is really providing professional EFL teachers with issues including: general teaching skills, language proficiency, subject-matter knowledge, pedagogical reasoning and decision-making, and personal theory of teaching. The paper recommends to revise the content course for classroom instruction of the PPG program making use the issues of SLTE by Jack C. Richards. Keywords: Teacher Profession Education, Critical Look, SLTE