I am now taking Microteaching course on this semester. By joining this class, PBI students are expected to learn how to teach English in a classroom teaching situation. This course is conducted in a lab which is comfortable and sophisticated, all at once. However, the atmosphere of the class is somehow a bit scary to me...hehehe. I hope this exaggerated feeling won't last long because I want to learn many things from this class and improve my teaching skills.
On the first week, my friends and I discussed the characteristics of a good teacher and learned about the general skills of teaching. Our first material was about opening a lesson and setting closure. All of us also had to do peers teaching. We needed to prepare a material to teach. My material was about degree of comparison. Actually, I felt pretty nervous because it was my first experience of doing such way of teaching. However, I tried to control myself and do my best.
After doing the peers teaching, me and my partner gave our written and oral feedback. My friend's feedback was similar to what I thought about my performance. What worked well was that I was able to answer questions and explain using good structure of language. However, what didn't work in the classroom was my enthusiasm because I was not enthusiastic enough. I was often focused on my material. Sometimes I tended to produce many fillers. I think I need to improve my confidence and be more prepared. Actually, I am still not sure whether I will be a teacher or not. I think it is challenging to be a teacher because a teacher needs to be a good model for his/her students. And now, my question is: how to deal with nervous feelings when explaining the material? Because I tend to speak with so many fillers...
On the second week, we learned about teacher's gestures when explaining material and how to create good questions. I think I have achieved some new important knowledge. The problem is, it is still hard for me to apply the knowledge into real actions. I also noticed that some of my friends were active and looked comfortable in the classroom, while some of us were still shy, especially when Mr. Prast asked some questions. Maybe slowly but sure we will increase our confidence. Like on the last meeting, we talked about how to deal with "silent students". I think it is important for teachers to stimulate and encourage their students to participate actively in the class. It is a tough job for teachers, but the discussion we had at that time was quite inspiring and motivating. Anyway, I hope I can do my best in my group teaching for the next meeting!
On the first week, my friends and I discussed the characteristics of a good teacher and learned about the general skills of teaching. Our first material was about opening a lesson and setting closure. All of us also had to do peers teaching. We needed to prepare a material to teach. My material was about degree of comparison. Actually, I felt pretty nervous because it was my first experience of doing such way of teaching. However, I tried to control myself and do my best.
After doing the peers teaching, me and my partner gave our written and oral feedback. My friend's feedback was similar to what I thought about my performance. What worked well was that I was able to answer questions and explain using good structure of language. However, what didn't work in the classroom was my enthusiasm because I was not enthusiastic enough. I was often focused on my material. Sometimes I tended to produce many fillers. I think I need to improve my confidence and be more prepared. Actually, I am still not sure whether I will be a teacher or not. I think it is challenging to be a teacher because a teacher needs to be a good model for his/her students. And now, my question is: how to deal with nervous feelings when explaining the material? Because I tend to speak with so many fillers...
On the second week, we learned about teacher's gestures when explaining material and how to create good questions. I think I have achieved some new important knowledge. The problem is, it is still hard for me to apply the knowledge into real actions. I also noticed that some of my friends were active and looked comfortable in the classroom, while some of us were still shy, especially when Mr. Prast asked some questions. Maybe slowly but sure we will increase our confidence. Like on the last meeting, we talked about how to deal with "silent students". I think it is important for teachers to stimulate and encourage their students to participate actively in the class. It is a tough job for teachers, but the discussion we had at that time was quite inspiring and motivating. Anyway, I hope I can do my best in my group teaching for the next meeting!
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