Final Reflection

I think I have learned many things from this Microteaching class. The prominent development that I've experienced is that I could build my class management and improve my speaking fluency. I've learned how to manage time and how to speak and explain the material clearly. I’ve also learned how to attract the students’ attention by giving interesting set induction, media, class activities, and material. And then, I’ve also learned how to give questions, reinforcements, and also plan teaching strategies. However, I still need to learn a lot to have a qualification to be a good teacher. Sometimes I felt not really confident with my way of managing the class and attracting the students’ attention, but when I was prepared with everything, I think my confidence increased. Therefore, I generally think that I’ve learned to become a better teacher…although there are still many things I need to improve.

Well, I’ve tried my best to help my friends to have the characteristics of a good teacher. For example, I wrote my honest comments to their performances on the small observation paper. My friends and I sometimes became “naughty and noisy” students so that my friends who performed as teachers could learn how to face and manage that kind of students. My friends also helped me by being noisy students so that I could try harder to manage them. I think I helped them honestly and sincerely enough…hope that they also felt and did the same way. :)

My friends’ comments are sometimes very different…maybe because they had different perspectives. But that’s okay…because I think they were honest enough…although probably there were some "surprising" comments that I didn’t predict before…hahahah. Overall I felt happy because they paid attention to me and my performance. Well, at last…I am not sure about my grade…but I think I want to get the best grade, which is an “A”…I lie if I don’t want that grade… :D I think I had done all my best in this class because I had made all of the works seriously…I gave my best shot in my teaching performances…I also made all the reflections every week (I also posted every reflection on time). And then, I attended most of the class…So, hopefully I would get the best grade that I deserve… :)

15th Reflection

Well...this is the last week of Microteaching class. On Tuesday, I became the observer of Dhimas, Beni, and Nimas. On Thursday, finally I did my final teaching practice. Thank You Jesus...I could do all my best...But I'm not satisfied yet...I have to keep learning because I still have many weaknesses... :D These are the feedback from my friends and my lecturer about my performance:

• Delis' comment: Overall Delis wrote that I had good set induction because of the pictures and she liked my pronunciation. However, I often took a look on my watch and the students' handout. She also wrote that I smiled too much. Well, thank you Delis...I agree that I forgot to bring my copy of handout...it's also because the number of the copies were exactly the same with the students... :) And next time I'll try not to smile too much... :p
  
• Fafa's comment: Fafa wrote that I explored the media so that it helped me to deliver materials. She also wrote that I was very patient and calm, and she thought it was good that I moved farther from the students to make them speak louder. The next point, Fafa thought that I was not confident enough whereas she thought I didn't have any reason to be not confident. (Yeap...I agree that I was not so confident, but probably at the beginning...because from the middle until the end of my teaching, the students could make me more relaxed since they were somehow "collaborative"...hahah.) But according to Fafa, the good thing was that I made myself as students' friends and it might have made them comfortable to study in the class. (Ameeen. :D) And then, Fafa wrote that the students' voice was louder than my voice when I talked. (Yeah...I think I should have spoken louder...)
• My lecturer's comment: Mr. Prast commented on my pictures in the beginning of the class. He thought that it was a good idea. :) However, he wrote that when I was explaining, some students were noisy and busy with themselves, so I should have been done something to deal with it. Next time, if I have chance, I'll try to teach better... :D
  

Okay...I think this is all my 15th reflection! I am thankful because the feedback from my lecturer and my friends makes me realized more about the things that I need to improve. I believe that people always have the whole life to learn! :)

14th Reflection

We've passed the 14th week of microteaching class...Thursday was holiday so we only had class on Tuesday. Hening, Rian, and Bayu performed on that day. I think three of them had improved, especially their class management and confidence...Hope that I can also show some improvement and perform better next Thursday! :) I got SKKD "Memahami manual penggunaan peralatan" (reading) for SMK class XII. I've searched the material and it was really really hard...but thank God I could find some from the internet...though I think they were too complicated for SMK that I needed to revise and edit the material. Now I'm making the lesson plan...I'm so nervous...not only because of the final test, but also because PPL is very neaaaarrrr...I think I'm not ready yet...but...I just hope that I can survive. Amen...