ABSTRACT

<span lang="EN-US">Previous research on pre-service teachers’ motivation to pursue a career in teaching found different results. Some research found altruistic motivation dominant in determining career decisions, while others suggest extrinsic or intrinsic motivation. The current study extended the topic by relating pre-service English teachers’ motivation to teach to English-speaking self-efficacy. There were 94 pre-service English teachers of different semesters participated in this study. Data were collected with a Likert-type questionnaire. Pre-service English teachers have a high motivation to pursue a career in teaching, and extrinsic motivation was the most dominant motive. The nobility of the profession, sustainability of job demand, inspiration from the teachers, and flexible working hours are among the extrinsic motives. The pre-service teachers also have a high level of English-speaking self-efficacy. However, they still have problems with anxiety, the use of idioms, the use of accurate grammar and vocabulary, and fluency. Between motivation to teach and their speaking self-efficacy lies a significant positive correlation at a moderate level. This moderate level of the relationship suggests that English-speaking self-efficacy is not a determining factor in motivating pre-service English teachers to have a career in teaching. Consequently, some English teachers may have inadequate proficiency in the language they teach.</span>

COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of the global society. Education is among the sectors which are seriously affected. To contain the fast-spreading of COVID-19 and to protect students and teachers from being infected, temporarily schools were closed. Teaching and learning were conducted online from home. This new teaching and learning paradigm has brought a lot of challenges to teachers who were not familiar yet with the nature of online learning. To assist English teachers, a Team of Community Service from the Department of English Education Universitas Islam Sultan Agung (UNISSULA) organized a training to help them design online learning materials using the iSpring application. The training was attended by English teachers of Madrasah Aliyyah (MA) in Demak Regency as the members of the English Teachers Association popularly known as MGMP. The training covered presentation and workshops conducted offline at MA Negeri Demak under a strict implementation of health protocols. Offline training was followed by home assignments and online consultations between the teachers and the Team from the university. The training ran well and was very useful for the teachers to improve their ability in designing online learning materials.