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With a view to quality teaching, EFL teachers need to professionalize themselves upon their formal education at the teacher college. A number of ways are open to teacher professionalism. This study is an on-going exploratory study to probe EFL teachers- views on professional learning conducts. A survey is conduted to collect data on views of EFL teachers at the lower secondary level of education on the areas for professional learning. A number of EFL teachers at the lower secondary level of education are conveniently drawn as a sample of the present study representing experienced EFL teachers in East Java. A set of questionnaires has been developed to collect data on their idea pertaining to aspects of developing instruction innovation, performing classroom action research, and writing research-based articles for publication. The results of the present study are discussed with respect to EFL teacher normative responsibilities and concepts on professional development. Pedagogical and theoretical implications of the findings are drawn with reference to the context of English teaching.