Abstract
Motivation and confidence in language teaching have always become interesting things to be observed. This study was intended to give a complementary views related to what factors might contribute to the ups and downs of how Pre-Service Teachers of English struggling to finish their teaching practicum at schools. Some supervising teachers at schools were requested to recall their memories and reopen documents about PSTs who ever conducted their teaching practice there. Their comments on how PSTs performed their instructions in the classroom might give solution to less-motivated and low confident PSTs. As a result, some courses at Tarbiyah Faculty which were given before PSTs having their teaching practicum need to be evaluated and revised.
Highlights
Some courses at Tarbiyah Faculty which were given before Pre-Service English Teachers (PST) having their teaching practicum need to be evaluated and revised
The findings show that most of the subjects “felt a lack of confidence in using English as a means of communication in the classroom”
The population of this study is all teachers of English in senior High Schools who become supervising teachers for PST of Tarbiyah Faculty of IAIN Syaikh Abdurrahman Siddik Bangka Belitung
Summary
Motivation and Confidence of Pre-Service Teachers to Use English as Medium of Instruction during Teaching Practicum Despite the fact that as pre-service English teachers, they must create Englishspeaking teaching and learning environment, having less motivation and confidence make this short term goal becomes very hard.
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