STUDENT PERCEPTION TOWARDS MICROTEACHING SUBJECT BY THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF MAKASSAR MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This research aimed to find out the students’ perceptions towards  microteaching subject at the English Education Study Program of Makassar Muhammadiyah University and to find out does the Microteaching subject support the English Education Study Program of Makassar Muhammadiyah University. The researcher used a descriptive method. The population was the seventh semester students from English Education Study Program of Makassar Muhammadiyah University of in the academic year of 2018/2019 which consists of 10 classes. Each of them consists about 35-38 students. Thus, the total numbers of participants are 380 students. It was used purposive sampling as the technique for selecting sample. The data were collected through questionnaire and interview. To collect the data, the study employed the questionnaire with 6 items given to 30 students and 4 items question through interview given to 10 students.As a result of study, it shown that most of the students are categorized as agree and strongly agree from each of statement. The grand mean, total average divided by number of statement is 3.54 and 88.75 % it means that students had a positive perception based on interval scale. In addition the students felt a positive experience after studying microteaching subject and it is support their teaching skills before doing teaching practice in school and minimizes the mistake when teaching practice in the future it will be successful.