An Analysis Of Perceived Benefits Of Students’ Microteaching To Their Teaching Practicum Class.

The aims of this study are to investigate student-teachers perception on the benefits of micro-teaching to their teaching practicum class and identify the aspects of teaching practicum that have not been sufficiently covered in the micro-teaching. The data obtained from student-teachers are beneficial in informing teacher education program on how to equip them to become competent, professional, and qualified teachers as their profession in the future. The participants of this study were the last year students who are majoring in Department of English Language Education at State Islamic University of Ar-raniry Banda Aceh who had taken micro-teaching course and teaching practicum (PPL Program) which consisted of ten student-teachers. This qualitative research used semi-structured interview and reflective journal entries as instruments to collect the data from participants. The findings indicated that the micro-teaching was beneficial for them in developing their basic skills of teaching which consisted of boosting student-teachers’ self-confidence, the evaluation given (feedback), enhancing student-teachers’ communication skill, improving studentteachers’ chalkboard skill, increasing student-teachers’ questioning skill, and developing student-teachers’ reinforcement skill. Furthermore, it was found that there were the aspects of teaching practicum that have not been sufficiently covered in the micro-teaching. They were classroom management skill, lesson plan skill, and time management skill.