Pre-Service Teachers' Readiness on the Teaching of Arabic Language

Teaching process is highlighted as a crucial issue since the main goal of teaching must be guaranteed effective. Having readiness before teaching is not an exception in this regard as the teacher's criteria in imparting knowledge to his students is expectedly intended to facilitate effective and meaningful teaching. Therefore, the study generally attempts to investigate the perceived level of pre-service teachers' readiness towards teaching Arabic language. The study is attempted to determine the level of readiness in the Knowledge of Subject Area (KSA), Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) and Interest in the teaching of Arabic language. The respondents of this study are from final year of pre-service teachers of Bachelor Degree Arabic Language with Education at Sultan Idris Education University. Questionnaires are used as an instrument in this study and will analyze using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. This paper is one of the first to see the perceived level of readiness and preparation among pre-service teachers' of Arabic language before entering the real teaching field. At the same time, it is hoped that the study could assist and benefit the stakeholder of a school such as the curriculum planners to design more comprehensive and cohesive curriculum in the future in order to prepare Arabic language pre-service teachers better in the teaching profession.