THE NOVICE TEACHERS PROFILE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING DEPARTMENT OF IAIN SYEKH NURJATI CIREBON

Sandi Pramuji. 14121310352. The Novice Teachers Profile in English Language Teaching Department of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Faculty of Syekh Nurjati State Institute for Islamic Studies Cirebon. The crucial issues of ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) that happened in a recent year will attack Indonesia especially in economic and culture. The teachers should prepare their students with a good knowledge-based economy with 21 century skills. Teacher should be a good and qualified teacher to endure this problem. This study was primarily intended to investigate the pedagogical and personal aspects of novice teacher based on student and supervisor perceptions to achieve the qualified teacher. The investigation itself was centered on the pedagogical aspects such stating goals and objectives; planning and carrying out instructions; developing students’ attitudes and motivation; and evaluation (Schulz, 2000, p. 11) and personal aspects such teachers’ personality characteristics, teachers’ attitude, teaching experience, and teachers’ aptitude / achievement (Creemers.et.al 2013: 67). The method of this study was essentially qualitative with complementary quantitative data to support the qualitative analysis. The quantitative data was used for describing student and supervisor perceptions on novice teachers through questionnaires. For strengthen the data, this study employed the depth interviews, observations and documents. In addition, the study reveals that on pedagogical aspects, novice teachers got a good perception score in stating goals-objectives and developing attitudesmotivation indicators and got a better perception score on planning-carrying out instructions and evaluation indicators. They can grow student’s attitude and student’s enthusiasm and using the variation of techniques and methods while teaching (Richards, 2011:10). They start the learning with playing games, watching video, and present the power point. They also used grouping and selflearning activities. They have the ability to use different teaching techniques and make the lesson effective (Petkovski, K., and Aleksova, N. 2004: 73). They gave the students some assignments, home works and assessments based on what students have learned. On the other hand, on personal aspects, novice teachers have good personality characteristics and attitude, but still lack in teaching experience and teachers’ aptitude / achievement. Some of novice teachers have extrovert traits that receive some comments and suggestions from their supervisors and colleagues. They have self-confidence while they teach in classroom and are creative while they use and integrate the learning source, media and technology. They have a good model of language teaching while wearing a properly-dressed and have well attitudes while interacting with others. However, they are still lack in teaching experience and teachers’ achievement because they did not have professional recommendations and are still premature in their teaching experience. Key words: Teacher Professional Development, Pedagogical Competence, Personal Competence