Motivation Definition of Terms
13 2011. The Internship Program Course is a course which is designed to give the
experiences about education at school for pre-service teachers. It is an opportunity for the pre-service teachers to integrate the theoretical knowledge in the
University with the practical experiences. Najjah, 2014, p. 26. Through this course, the pre-service teachers are expected to get the experiences of doing
teachers’ duty. The pre-service teachers are also assigned to make lesson plan, assess, and teach the students. In addition, besides teaching, the pre-service
teachers also do side jobs such as, doing picket, helping school staff, and helping in library.
Besides the jobs above, making lesson plans, assessing, and teaching the students, the pre-service teachers need to learn how to interact with the school
community, such as the students, the teachers, and the school staff. As the teacher candidates, the pre-service teachers should know about education field especially
socio-psychology of their students Najjah, 2014, p. 27. Since, at schools, the pre-service teachers will interact with the students very often. Therefore, they
must learn how to raise the students’ motivation to be life-long learners, motivate,
guide, and encourage students in the learning process. Before the ELESP pre-service teachers attend the Internship Program
Course, they have to pass nine courses. According to Panduan Akademik 2011, they should pass nine courses, namely Pengantar Pendidikan Introduction to
Education, Psikologi Remaja Adolescent Psychology, Psikologi Belajar dan Pembelajaran Psychology of Learning and Teaching, Dasar Dasar Bimbingan
Konseling Foundation of Guidance and Counseling, Approaches Method and
14 Technique AMT, Learning Program Design LPD, Language Learning
Assessment LLA, School Management, and Micro Teaching. However, they need to pass the Micro Teaching Course with a
minimum score is “B”. Generally, the Internship Program Course is expected to give the
experiences and enrich the pre-service teachers ’ knowledge in order to improve
and build their professionalism as teachers. There are main four competencies which belong to teachers; they are pedagogic, personality, professional, and
social. Those competencies are written in Undang Undang Guru dan Dosen No. 14 Tahun 2005, PP 19 Tahun 2005 about Education National Standard and
Permendiknas No. 16 Tahun 2007 about Academic Qualification Standard and Teachers’ Competencies.