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

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.