Tesis

Professional development activities of IELTS trainers from non-English majors in kampung Inggris Pare Kediri Regency / Nur Setyo Wulandari

Abstrak
Professional development activity is not only done by English teachers from formal institutions but also by trainers who particularly teach IELTS preparation program. Surprisingly many of these trainers are from non-English majors namely Mathematics Pharmacy and Nutrition. This study attempts (1) to investigate kinds of professional development activities which have been done by IELTS trainers from non-English major and (2) how the professional development activities help them in improving their teaching competences. A case study was used as the design of the study. Four IELTS trainers from two English courses which provide an IELTS preparation program in Kampung Inggris at Pare Kediri Regency participated in this study. These subjects were selected based on the criteria of qualified IELTS trainers designed in this study such as the trainers rsquo teaching practice performance (personal social pedagogical and professional competences) as well as their IELTS score which should be in band seven as the minimum level for in this level they are categorized as a good user of English based on CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Language) standard. It means that they already took and experienced the official test of IELTS. After the subjects were selected the researcher met them to ask permission for conducting interviews. Open-ended questions were used to collect data related to kinds of professional development activities which have been done by the research subjects and how the activities helped them in developing their teaching competences. Furthermore collecting relevant documents such as IELTS certificate trainers rsquo diary trainers rsquo practice note and other relevant data was also conducted to support the findings. The four subjects were selected as they met the criteria and were willing to participate in this study. The subjects are all females from some educational backgrounds namely Pharmacy Nutrition and Mathematics. The results showed that non-formal professional development activities such as collaboration and personal learning were the most frequent development activities which were done by the IELTS trainers from non-English majors who teach IELTS preparation program. These activities belong to independent or autonomous learning due to the trainers rsquo self-initiative related to their need of fulfilling the demand to improve their teaching competences namely personal pedagogical social and professional competence in the absence of institutional support for competence development. Those activities are having discussions with the colleagues and the expert observing colleagues rsquo class activities taking note of students rsquo difficulties and achievements making use of the internet reflecting on self-experiences during university life reading relevant sources as well as conducting some practices. It is therefore recommended that regardless of the formal professional development activities rsquo absence the IELTS trainers from non-English majors can utilize independent or autonomous learning to improve their competence which is crucial for their career in giving good teaching performance and helping their students to achieve their goals in the official IELTS test.

Informasi Detail

DDC

Rt 371.12 WUL p

Prodi

Universitas Negeri Malang. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, 2021.

Deskripsi Fisik

xvii, 79 lembar : il. ; 30 cm.

Bahasa

Indonesia

No Reg

02306/KI/22

Edisi

Tesis (Pascasarjana)--Universitas Negeri Malang. 2021

Subjek

1. TUTOR, PROFESIONALISME
2. BAHASA INGGRIS - STUDI DAN PENGAJARAN
3. TRAINERS - PROFESIONALISME

Pembimbing

1. Bambang Yudi Cahyono; 2. Niamika El Khoiri

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