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STUDENT TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD MICROTEACHING
PROGRAM AS A PREPARATION OF TEACHING PRACTICUM
Zilpa Saraswati

Abstract
Microteaching has been used widely by many teaching education programs to
enhance student teachers’ teaching experiences. Nevertheless, a question toward the
effectiveness of microteaching as teaching practicum preparation program for the student
teachers has been discussed for many years. This study investigated the views of student
teachers toward the roles of microteaching in a teaching practicum. A combination of
quantitative and qualitative instruments was employed for the purpose of gathering the data.
There were 50 seventh semester student teachers of English Department who had been
finished teaching practicum and were chosen randomly as the participants. Overall, the result
showed that microteaching program positively gave significant roles in teaching practicum in
the aspect of lesson planning, self confidence, communication skill, and time management.
However, the finding also revealed that classroom management skill needed to be taught
more for the success of student teachers’ teaching performances in teaching practicum. Then,
evaluations given during microteaching also were regarded positively for the improvement of
student teachers’ teaching skill and competencies. This study ended with the
recommendations and the directions for the future studies.
Key words: Student teachers’ perceptions, microteaching, teaching practicum