Perception of Senior High School English Teachers and Students about Personal Competence

Aurora Paramahita Kusumawardhani, Utami Widiati, Fachrurrazy Fachrurrazy

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Abstract: This survey study was intended to investigate the perception of senior high school English teachers’ and students about personal competence. Using Probability Simple Random Sampling, this study involved 35 English teachers and 246 students of public senior high schools in Kota Malang. Instruments used are questionnaires and interview guides for English teachers and students samples. The findings revealed that both English teachers and students perceived the English teachers’ personal competence is very good. However, the English teachers’ perception covered personal competence related to cognitive and affective skills. Meanwhile, the students’ perception on personal competence only related to the affective skill.

Key words: perception, English teachers, personal competence

 

Abstrak: Penelitian survei ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui persepsi guru Bahasa Inggris dan peserta didik SMA mengenai kompetensi kepribadian. Menggunakan Probability Simple Random Sampling, penelitian ini melibatkan 35 guru Bahasa Inggris dan 246 peserta didik dari SMA-SMA Negeri di Kota Malang. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah kuesioner dan panduan wawancara untuk sampel guru Bahasa Inggris dan peserta didik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa baik guru Bahasa Inggris ataupun peserta didik memperhatikan bahwa kompetensi kepribadian guru Bahasa Inggris sangat bagus. Namun, persepsi guru Bahasa Inggris meliputi kompetensi kepribadian yang berhubungan dengan kemampuan kognitif dan afektif. Sementara itu, persepsi peserta didik hanya berhubungan dengan kemampuan afektif.

Kata kunci: persepsi, guru Bahasa Inggris, kompetensi kepribadian


Keywords


perception; English teachers; personal competence

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