This article presents an analysis of the narratives written by four pre-service English language teachers (PELTs) during the last semester of their undergraduate program. The study aims to understand the constructions related to being and becoming PELTs and the possible contributions that the English language teacher (ELT) education program provided to shape those identities. The narratives were reconstructed from two narrative frames written by the PELTs and their responses to a narrative interview. The results reveal how participants (re)signify their profession from their experiences in the program, the teaching practicum, and other settings. PELTs construct and consolidate their professional identity initially from a technical perspective. However, their experiences and the guidance of some teacher educators transformed their view of education into a more critical and informed perspective. In conclusion, professional identity could potentially be formed and changed based on the experiences provided throughout the PELTs’ education. Considering this, initial English teacher education programs should establish strategies that contribute to this end from the beginning of undergraduate studies.

potlight in Plastic Surgery," provides a quarterly overview of articles from non-plastic surgery high-impact journals and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. This month, we review key articles of relevance to plastic surgeons from The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, Annals of Surgery, and JAMA Surgery, in addition to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. Our goal is to enlighten Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery readers with clinical and basic science literature relevant to our specialty that they otherwise may not be read. We continue to thank the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery resident advisors and advisory board members who volunteer to help us identify these articles and provide a brief synopsis. Should any other readers have specific suggestions of articles to review in recent issues of high-impact journals, please contact us via email at PRS@plasticsurgery.org. We wish to remain responsive to the needs of our readers in keeping all of us up to date as to key developments relative to plastic surgery.