My Reflection in Micro Teaching Class (Part IX) - Mid Test I -

This was the second week that we had a progress test I in micro teaching class. Based on my friends’ performances, I had learned many things about how to manage the class. I also paid much attention on their lesson plans and skills to teach English. To teach reading, we have to focus on scanning and skimming skills. There are many ways which we can do to improve their reading skills. We can persuade them to guess the topic of the text by analyzing it based on the title. As they know the topic, it will be easy for them to know what the main idea of each paragraph is. While they are reading, teacher has to make them able to guess some important information from the text by relating it to the topic. Guessing is also important when the students find some difficult words. Teacher can persuade the students to read the text and ask them to guess the meaning from the text.

To teach writing is not easy. As teachers, we have to make sure that the students understand the steps how to write. To motivate the students to write is a big challenge for teacher. Finding an idea is a big problem for them. Therefore, teachers have to find some creative ways to encourage students to write. However, we also have to know about our students’ abilities. Based on my friend’s performance, I found that there are some inappropriate lessons for the students for senior high school. I also noticed that there was a misleading about how to teach writing. In my opinion, instead of explaining or reviewing about the generic structure and language features, we should directly practice them to produce their writings on the certain topic. Moreover, the term of ‘language features’ was not appropriate for the students in senior high school. In my opinion, what we want to learn for students should come up from the text.

Teaching listening is not easy. As teachers, we have to make sure that we teach the skill, for example, teaching the students how to predict the answer by underlining the keywords while the students are listening and teaching the students how to take some notes from the recording. However, as teachers, we also have to make sure that the recording is appropriate for students or not; and whether it is difficult or not for the students in senior high school.

To teach speaking is not easy. Teachers have to make sure that their teaching’s strategy motivates the students to speak. While the students are speaking, teachers have to pay attention to the grammar and pronunciation. While the students make some mistakes related to that, teachers should directly correct it. Therefore, they will not make some mistakes again. In my opinion, this week, my friends had done their best performances. Congratulation for them!