Competency and self-efficacy among trainee teachers in teaching Arabic language

Abstract

School teaching practicum is an important place in teacher training, it is the theoretical part of teacher training. The requirement of enhancing teaching skills among undergraduate educational students has initiated universities to conduct school teaching practicum programme as part of study plan in the final semester. Hence, there is a need to train the students with the important pedagogical knowledge and skills related to the school workplace and their gained knowledge. This mixed method study was conducted to investigate level of competency and self-efficacy among students in teaching Arabic during school practicum in the Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM among students in the Bachelor of Teaching Arabic Language as a Second Language. A sample of 39 final year students. The main elements were investigated in this study: perceived teaching competency in content knowledge, and competency in instructional strategies, perceived teaching self-efficacy in teaching and self-efficacy in classroom. The study indicates that most Teaching of Arabic Language students show high competency and self-efficacy during teaching practicum in general. The students also expressed their suggestions for further improvement for the teaching practices in IIUM through open-ended responses