Abstract:
ABSTRACT
This research is a qualitative research with an inquiry narrative approach which
focuses on how three EFL teacher trainees self-reflect their reports on their
professionalism through teaching practicum at different schoolings an also to find
out the competencies of professional teacher trainees that they consider important.
The researcher collected the data through an interview and analyzed them by
transcribing, coding, and constructing. The findings revealed that the three teacher
trainees have different competencies. The competencies that are considered
important by the participant from senior high school were professional
competencies and personality competencies, where the participant has a tendency
in terms of character to be an example for students and put forward technical
matters and are directly related to teacher performance. Meanwhile, the
competencies that are considered important by the participant from vocational
senior high school are pedagogic competencies which are more focused on
matters in managing the learning process or teaching and learning interactions
with students. And the last competency that is considered important by the
participant from Islamic senior high school is social competence because the
participant is more dominant in matters of communicating effectively with
students. The findings are coherent with previoud theories. Prospective EFL
teachers have learned that according to teachers, educators should be adequate in
all aspects, to achieve thssis “teachers should support a variety of learners to
develop competencies and skills, understanding of what they are doing and
effective communication”. Furthermore, a professional EFL teacher is a person
who has obtained an English teaching credential from a teacher education
program, whose education has been recognized by an appropriate teaching grant,
and is officially appointed by decision to teach English according to his teaching.
For further researchers, the researcher suggests to take from the perspective of a
teacher to find out the abilities that an apprentice teacher must possess to become
a professional teacher
