It’s getting interesting….

Week by week microteaching is getting harder and harder and it’s also getting interesting for me. However, I have to keep on “struggling and fighting” in this subject. My friends who did their class teaching practice was good and I believe that they will be better in their class teaching.

Actually, I had prepared my material for the class teaching practice. It’s about news items in a form of listening. I planned to teach the first grade of senior high school and I had prepared all that I wanted.

I had asked Dwi whether he would be the first volunteer for the first teacher or not because I want to be the second teacher. However, before the class my friend told me that if I would teach listening I have to bring my own laptop and speaker(s). In fact, I did not bring all of the media that was needed because the computer in the laboratory was still broken because of the thunder. I just hoped that I could use the computer in the microteaching laboratory.

I had designed a different way to teach me students by added a song which is quite related to the material to make them feel comfortable in my class.
Actually, it was only one teacher on that day and I felt doubt to say “Yes, Sir. I want to be the volunteer for the class teaching practice”.
But I was afraid. I was afraid that I would not have the change.
Yes it was true. I had not changed to be the teacher.

Phe was the only volunteer at that time. She taught very well. She taught reading but she looked like teaching pronunciation because when she asked the students to read the reading passage aloud, she always stopped to correct the students’ pronunciation.

Mr. Prast said that it would be better if she let her students read all of the passage until they finished it. Then, she could give corrections for her students’ pronunciation. On the other hand, she could also write the words that were pronounced incorrect in the whiteboard. After that, she could ask the students to pronounce the words together.

I hope these comment could be useful for my class teaching.

Then, go to the next step…

7th and 8th meeting were interesting meeting for me. I could get some inputs from my friends who were doing their class teaching.

Yes, the next step is class teaching after struggled in group teaching.
It makes my heart beating so fast and also challenges me.
Many questions come into my mind; can I do the class teaching better than the previous teacher can, or will I do the same mistakes as the previous teaching practice, etc.

I know it’s hard to use English every time in front of the class because I know that my students (friends) have a high sense of humour, especially in Javanese. Sometimes it’s not funny if we commented their jokes in English.
I don’t know, maybe it doesn’t right.

As a teacher we have to use all of the media as maximum as possible because how little it is, it can help them on the process of teaching and learning. On the other hand, it can also help our students to absorb our explanation by writing it on the black/whiteboard for example.

The other thing we have to give attention to all of the students, not only the smartest student or the laziest or maybe the naughtiest student in the class. Because if we just only focus on some students, the other students will feel that their teacher have denied them. It can make them feel bored. It’s not easy, right!
It needs some effort and blood.
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To get the students’ attention is not easy too.
Maybe we need to make some activities, which can build their spirit to study.
But it also depend on the situation and the students itself.

The other thing that we must give attention on it is interaction between students and teacher. It’s time to switch the focus of class.
Teacher focus is old-fashioned.
Students focus is fresh and better. Students need to explore their self because who want to study at school are them (even thought teacher is still also need to learn a lot, but students must have much more portion than teacher must).

A Struggle to be the Best

My group teaching experience was not remaining good impression to my students. In my opinion, my teaching performance was not good, or maybe it close to worst—I thought—although my observers said that my performance was good. When the first time I stood in front of my students it was like a big responsible that I had to do to make them got and absorbed everything that I said. Some of them just chatted with her friends; some of them looked very very sleepy; some of them looked at me, as I was a boring teacher— yes, I am. However, I will not make it stay too long and take root too deep. I will change it, soon; I have to!

I was so confuse. I thought so hard how to solve this problem, how to make a good impression for the first time, so that the students will admire me or maybe they will devote their attention— only me as their focus. Nevertheless, it was hard actually. However, it was a boring class with a boring teacher and boring exercises. I gave too many exercises with less explanation of the materials and less focus on my topic, goals, and objection.

Besides, my voice was almost gone. Because the other teacher who also taught has a loud voice and his students are have loud voice too. In addition, my students just only sit in the silence. It made me depress. I could not control the class.

Moreover, the thing that made me disappointed was that my students always saw the other group. I did not fell nervous. I was just too afraid. I was afraid if I could not make my students felt comfortable.

Then after I saw my friends’ performance, I hope I can teach better.

The Next Steps to be a Good Teacher

This week, in micro teaching class, I learned many new things about teaching-learning skill, such as verbal and non-verbal reinforcement, technique to pause, mastering the material, etc. These kinds of new things are really help me to improve and increase my teaching skill. Besides, when I was be an observer I also learned from my friends who were practice teaching in front of the class.

Be an observer also gave me illustration how to teach in front of the class. However, their mistake could also be the things, which I had to avoid. Things that I can imitate from my friends such as speaking clearly and loud —pronunciation, diction, grammar are important too— and then, well preparation, focus, etc.

Actually, it is right that the most important thing is that preparation is the most important thing in teaching-learning process. It can make us unconfident and looks “silly” in front of our students if we are not prepare our material because the students can “smell” it.

In my opinion, if we want to be a good and professional teacher we have to prepare all of the things we need because our preparation can support our success in teaching-learning process.

We should not give up to be a good and professional teacher. We should keep on practice, practice, and practice.

Viva la Teaching!

Viva la Teaching!

The most important thing I had learned during the class that teaching was not an easy and simple thing. We need to practice, practice, and practice and prepare everything-anything which is needed in teaching-learning activities.

Actually, my first teaching practice was not perfect. There were so many things which I must repair and make up. I wasn’t only forget to tell the objective(s) of my lesson, but also I wasn’t deliver the material well.

My time management was also need to be repaired. It made me didn’t summarize the material that I gave to the student—even though I made the lesson plan.

But, however, I had done my set induction quite well by greeting my student, made a small talk, and reviewed the previous lesson by asked the student to answer my questions.

I have done the set induction quite well but I have to develop it and also I have to be careful with the time management in order to I will not teaching in a rush.

first reflection

Catharina Brameswari
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First Reflection

At the first time, I thought that teaching was not my world, but now I have to think twice about it. In my opinion, after joining Micro Teaching class, teaching and speaking in front of people won’t be a “hell” for me, but it becomes my motivation to build and develop my speaking and teaching skill. However, it also challenges me to be a “real” teacher (maybe in the future) for my students.

Besides, to be a good teacher is not easy. Here are so many criteria, obstacles, tears, blood and we need energy to be a good teacher.

Few months age I started my “carrier” as a private teacher for a sixth grade of elementary school student. It’s not easy to handle an elementary school student. I felt I couldn’t handle it, but it just need a little patience and I had learn\ from Micro Teaching class that becoming a teacher is not an easy thing. We need to practice, practice, and practice, to get an excellent result.

Micro Teaching class has burned my spirit to learn and practice in order to be a good teacher in the future.

I’m still wondering how to be a good teacher who is confidence, smart, care, etc. Nevertheless, I think that time will answer it because; maybe I will get so many experiences which are so worthy.

When the first time Mr. Prast explained about the lab facilities, I believe that all of the facilities will help me to make up and increase my skill in teaching.
However, my Micro Teaching class is after my play performance class, and maybe it will be the most tiring day in a week.
But I always keep thinking positively that it just a challenge.