This study aims at describing English teachers’ perceptions of teachers’
role in teaching EFL students at the classroom. Therefore, the researcher
conducted a research to know the roles that most frequently and roles that least
frequently performed by English teachers in the classroom. The researcher used
quantitative method by applying survey design. The subjects of the study were 50
English teachers as the participants. The data of the study were collected by
teachers’ perceptions of teachers’ role questionnaire in an online way using
google form. The data were analyzed by tabulating manually, then the researcher
categorized based on the tabulation.
The result of the study showed that the English more apply the role of
teacher as a facilitator in teaching EFL students; it showed 87%. The next finding
showed 86, 5% for motivator role used by the English teachers to motivate the
students in learning. Furthermore, the controller role got 84, 4%, it assists the
English teachers to control the students in learning. The next is tutor role, which
got 82%, it means that the teachers help the students to improve their skill in a
specific subject. The next role is resource that showed 81, 2%, it refers how the
teachers give the information from the internet that related with the material in
learning process. The assessor role got 74, 8%, it showed that the English teachers
have to evaluate, give the task, and feedback. The last result showed 54% for
organizer, which showed that organizer role is least used by English teachers in
teaching EFL students.
Based on the result, it was suggested for the English teachers to
understand well how to apply every teachers’ role in different situation. Future
researcher also be able to conduct similar research about teachers’ role by offline
way to do the observation and interview directly for collecting the data.