My Reflection in Micro Teaching Class (Part II) “Why am I doing what I am doing?”

In the second week of micro teaching class, I learned about the teaching skills. It is about how teacher should do and consider when they are teaching. They are six skills:

1. SET INDUCTION SKILL

Set induction skill is the ability how to open the teaching and learning activities. There are four things which we can do to open the teaching and learning activities:

a. Greetings by showing eye-contact, smile, energetic, and cheerful.

b. Introducing the material by asking questions, giving example in form of storytelling, doing the games (but we have to consider the time allocation and the correlation between the games and the topic’s lesson), and using media (should be relevant, meaningful, and interesting).

c. Referring to the previous material.

d. Informing the students today’s lesson objectives.

2. SET CLOSURE SKILL

Set closure skill is the ability how to close the lesson. There are four things which we can do to close the lesson:

a. Summarizing by asking questions.

b. Giving assignments or homework.

c. Informing the next lesson (relating today’s lesson with the next one).

d. Concluding remarks. For example: saying ‘good bye’ or ‘thank you’.

3. EXPLAINING SKILL

Explaining skill is the ability how to explain the lesson. In this case, we have to master the subject in order to explain the lesson well.

4. STIMULUS-VARIATION SKILL

Stimulus-variation skill is the ability how to stimulate students to learn. In this case, teacher should be creative in teaching.

5. QUESTIONING SKILL

Questioning skill is the ability how to provide the question which is really good for student to learn the subject. In this case, we should remain the Bloom’s taxonomy (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation).

6. REINFORCEMENT SKILL

Reinforcement skill can be punishment.

I also learned about the interaction style which can be done in the class, they are:

1. Teacher-the whole class

2. Teacher-one student

3. Student-student(s) (It can be group discussion or presentation in front of the class)

In the following meeting in micro teaching class, I practiced how to teach one student for fifteen minutes. This part was really exciting because I could pretend myself as a teacher. I also knew what I had to do to improve teaching’s skill. This activity was cooperative activity because my friend and I could learn how to teach well by giving comments for each others.

From my friend’s comment, I have done the set induction very well by opening the class using games to grab the student’s attention to follow the class. I gave a good game for my student because the game related to the material. However, I had to improve my set closure skill because I forgot to review one part of my materials. I also had to improve the concluding remarks, as my friend said to me; I was like a television presenter when I closed the class. For the last, I had to give the clear and specific objectives.

In my conclusion, preparation and mastery the subject are the most important things which should be considered by teacher. Those things can make the teachers become more confident when they are teaching.

My Reflection in Micro Teaching Class (Part I)

Most people say that teacher is a hero. I agree with this statement because teacher is a person who can guide us to be a human being who has an ability to learn something. In my opinion, being a teacher is not easy, I have observed it based on my father’s and my sister’s experiences. They are teachers. When they are teaching, they have to make sure that all of their students understand about the lesson. It is not easy because the students have many different abilities to comprehend the lesson.

Now, I have been taking a micro teaching class as a requirement course for me who is a student from English language education study program. I hope this class will guide me to be a good teacher like my father and my sister.

In micro teaching class, I study how to be a good teacher, especially for English teacher. In the first meeting of this course, I learned about how a teacher has to get dress. For men, they have to wear the appropriate shirts, trousers, and shoes, and also they have to have a short hair. For women, they have to wear blouses, skirts, and high heel shoes. Both men and women do not allow to colour their hair. Then, I also learned about the characteristics of a good teacher.

A good teacher should:

1. Be discipline

2. Master the subject

3. Appreciate or respect his/her students

4. Be patient

5. Be friendly

6. Be attractive

7. Be aware of students’ needs

8. Be creative/ motivating

9. Be honest

10. Be objective

11. Be open-minded

12. Be responsible

In the first meeting, I experienced that class discussion was a good way to make the students active to take a part in teaching and learning activities in the classroom. For example, when the lecturer opened the question session, there were many students who raised their hands to ask questions about the course. That activity also happened in the following activities. The summary of the teacher’s characteristics was found by the students in the class by discussion. However, class discussion activity is not enough. Group discussion is a good activity which has to do in the class to make the students cooperative. Perhaps, the group discussion can be done before the class discussion.

In my conclusion, I learn that my dress in the first meeting was not appropriate therefore I have to dress properly for the next meeting. Besides, I also have to pay attention about my characteristics. I have to improve myself to be creative and friendly because I want to be a good teacher for mu students later on.

(Ratnasari Nugraheni)