The Role of Micro Teaching Course on Teaching Readiness

The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of prospective teachers about the role of micro teaching courses on teaching readiness. The data obtained from prospective teachers is useful for informing teacher education programs on how to equip them to become competent, professional and qualified teachers as their profession in the future. Participants in this study were active students majoring in English Education at UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh who had completed the micro teaching and teaching practicum courses in semester 8 of the 2021/2022 academic year who had taken the micro teaching and teaching practicum courses (PPL Program), consisting of 16 students. This qualitative research uses semi-structured interviews as an instrument to collect data from participants. These findings indicate that there are three aspects of the role of micro teaching in helping prospective teacher teaching readiness, namely the knowledge aspect, the psychological aspect and the skill aspect. Each of these aspects plays a very important role for them in terms of increasing knowledge about teaching skills, providing space for self-evaluation, increasing self-confidence, finding identity as prospective teachers, providing initial experience in teaching and improving teaching skills and managing classes. Therefore, this micro teaching program provides many benefits for participants in preparation and teaching skills and can reduce their mistakes in dealing with actual teaching.