The Measurement Of Indonesian Non-Specialist Teachers’ Efficacy In Teaching English For Primary And Lower Secondary Levels

siti zulaiha, ma., ph.d.; dr. syaadiah arifin, m.pd.;

This research presents the measurement of Indonesian non-specialist teachers’ efficacy rate in teaching English for primary and lower secondary students and its relationships to the teachers’ perceptions, challenging factors, and students’ outcomes. The concern of teachers teaching non-subject specialism has widely been discussed around the globe, including in Indonesia. The discussion is mainly about the suitability between the teachers’ academic background and the subject taught, the challenges they encounter during their class, and the students’ outcomes. Therefore, this study is trying to relate to
those concerns by investigating the efficacy rate of 38 English teachers with no or limited English background from Jabodetabek, West and Central Java, Kalimantan, and Malaysia. The present research employed an explanatory mixed method that involved SPSS calculation on the teachers’ responses to the instrument developed by Tschannen- Moran and Hoy on their Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) and interviews to dig deeper information regarding their collected responses. The finding of the research indicated that non-specialist teachers who participated in the research were having relatively low efficacy and linear perceptions of themselves. Meanwhile, challenges and
students’ outcomes, are similar to other research in this field: teachers are challenged and students’ outcomes are unreliable.