The Correlation Between the Student's Micro Teaching Grade and Their Teaching Ability During Preservice Teaching

The title of this study is “The Correlation between Micro Teaching and Ability of Teaching Practice during Preservice Teaching”. This study aimed at investigating the correlation between micro teaching scores and the ability of teaching practice during preservice teaching of English language Education Department students Faculty of Education and Teacher Training UIN Ar-Raniry. This was a quantitative study in form of correlational research. The Micro teaching scores and teaching practice scores from 43 English Department students that were selected using stratified sampling technique were used to be analyzed using Pearson’s Correlation Product-Moment. The result of statistical data analysis showed that sig. 2-tailed or p value was 0.192 (p > 0.05) which means there was no significant correlation between micro teaching scores and the ability of teaching practice during preservice teaching. In addition, the data analysis proved that correlational correlation or r-value between the two variables was negative and weak (r = -0.201). Thus, the writer concluded that these results implied the scores of micro teaching is not the only factor affecting the students' teaching skills in teaching practice during preservice teaching at schools.