Final Reflection

I got a lot of lessons after joining microteaching class. First, I learn how to manage the class. I should speak louder so I can get the students’ attention but it does not mean that I speak harshly. Speaking louder means that I should speak clearly and understandable. Second, I learn how to speak fluently in front of the class. I always prepare what I want to say before I perform in front of the class. It makes me become more confident while teaching in front of the class. Third, I learn how to manage time. Before microteaching class I do not know about time management. I do not know whether time management is important or not but after microteaching class I know that time management is very important. We have to consider the time management because we have to give a proper set induction, main activities and set closure. Fourth, I learn how to make an interesting material. The material should be interesting because if it is not so the students will get bored and do not pay attention to our lesson. For example I should make an interesting power point so the students will pay attention to my explanation or I should make an interesting listening material so the students will not get bored. Fifth, I learn how to make a clear explanation. We should give a clear explanation to our students so they will not get “ajaran sesat”. Before explaining to our students, we have to mastery our material. By mastering material we can be more confident while teaching the students.

I think I almost have the characteristics of a good teacher. I try to do my best while doing the microteaching class. I prepare the material, I learn the material before teaching, I practice my speech in front of the mirror...Yeah...At least I have prepared it. I think I almost become a better teacher because after joining microteaching class I got a lot of lessons about how to teach properly. I learn a lot from this class and I try to apply it when teaching my junior and my classmates. I think I can be a good teacher but I have to learn more, more and more…

I think I have helped my friends to have the characteristics of a good teacher. I help them by being a naughty and noisy student. My friends will find the way to overcome those noisy students. I think it can develop their skill in teaching or managing the class. Sometimes I become a passive student and my friends as teacher will find the way to overcome that passive students. Maybe by having game before the class or giving gift or praise, etc… I think my behavior can help them to develop their skill. I think my friends also help me. My friends do the same thing like what I do. My friends become a naughty or noisy or passive student so I should find the idea to have my students’ attention. So I think we have helped each other.

Of course I help my friends honestly because we have the same feeling. We are stressful while finding and preparing the material. We feel afraid and nervous when we will perform in front of the class. We have the same feeling so I do not want to add more burdens to my friends by giving them low scores. I help them honestly and sincerely because I feel the same feeling with them.

Of course I feel happy with their comments. They give me great comments. Their comments really help me to improve my ability. From that comments I can know my strengths and my weaknesses. Their comments can develop my skill.

Everyone wants to get A. Of course I want to get A as well. I have tried to give my best and I hope I can get the best score too. I am optimist I can get A because I have given my best for microteaching class, I have learned and prepared the material. So I hope my effort will help me to give the best score (A).. :D    

15th Reflection

Last Tuesday there were Dhimas, Benny and Nimas’ performances. Their performances were good. The first performance was Dhimas. I like the way he taught us because he was very enthusiastic. He was full of spirit. He always smiles all the time. Dhimas taught listening class. I also like his material. He used video for his material. It was good because it became more interesting. The video was also funny so we really enjoyed watching and listening to the video. I learned that I should give an interesting material for my students so they will pay attention to my material. The second performance was Benny. Benny was a very funny teacher. He could interact with all of the students. He also could explain the material well. It was good. However, sometimes I could not hear his voice clearly, maybe he should speak louder. The third performance was Nimas. She was also good. I like the way she spoke. She spoke fluently. Her pronunciation was also good. She had a good interaction with the students. I think as a teacher later, we should have a good interaction with our students so they will pay attention to our lesson.  

Last Thursday was our last meeting in micro teaching class. I was quite sad because I could not pretend as a naughty student. Later, I will face the real naughty students when PPL..ohh…it’s horrible. There were four performances. There were Deta, Mila, Cahyo and mas Rahmat’ performances because of that we began our class at 3.30pm.The first performance was Deta. I like the way she spoke. She was very fluent. Her pronunciation was good. I like her material because she explained clearly. Her power point was complete and understandable. Later, as a teacher, we should give a clear explanation so our students will not get “ajaran sesat”. The second performance was Mila. It was same with  Deta’ performance. Mila’s performance was good. She spoke fluently. Her explanation was also good. Her power point was great so I could understand well. The third performance was Cahyo. He was good. He was a funny teacher. He could interact with all of the students. It was good. The fourth performance was mas Rahmat. He was very enthusiastic. He was a cheerful teacher. Actually I was very enthusiastic too at that time. I cannot wait his performance. However, I do not know, suddenly I was getting bored maybe because he spoke all the time and he did not give us exercise. I was surprised when suddenly mas Rahmat asked us to stand up and sing together. He asked us to sing “I have a dream”. Woww….it was amazing. I could not believe it. However, my friends and I enjoyed this moment. We sang together. We danced together, it was really fun. It was really a nice way to close our meeting. I cannot forget this moment. It was great..hehehehe…   

14th Reflection

Last Tuesday there were Hening, Rian and Bayu performances. Their performances were good. The first performance was Hening. I like the way he taught. He taught speaking class. He is really funny so all of the students enjoyed his performance. From that case, I can learn that we should interact with our students honestly. It means that we should have a good interaction with our students so they will listen to us and pay attention to our material. The second performance was Rian. He is also a good teacher. He taught reading class about recount text. He gave us a complete handout and a lot of exercises. It was good because more practicing is better. I learned that as a good teacher we should give our students a complete material and an appropriate exercise. The last performance was Bayu. He was also good. He taught writing class about recount text. I like the way he taught. He was very calm. He was also funny. He could make a good interaction with the students. From that case, I got lesson that we should have a good interaction with our students so they will pay attention to our material.

Last Thursday there were no class because it was holiday… :D

13th Reflection

Last Tuesday there were Siwi and Riska’s performances. Their performances were great. Actually there were three performances that day but unfortunately mas Rahmat did not come so there were just two performances. The first performance was Siwi. Siwi taught speaking class about how to make a list of the job. I like Siwi materials. It was really fresh and up to date. The material is about royal wedding celebration. We as students were pretending as a chef of royal wedding reception. We should make a list our job that we have to do. Like preparing the vegetables, cooking, preparing the tables, etc. I think it was very interesting. From that case, I can see that we should give an interesting material to our students so they will not get bored and will pay attention to our material. Besides that, our material should be fresh and up to date so the students can be more enthusiastic with our material. After that, there was Riska’s performance. She taught reading class about simple instructions. Riska’s material was also good. She gave the students motivation to answer her questions by giving them chocolate. It was very interesting. I am very happy if I become Riska’s student because I will try to answer her question to get the chocolate. From that case, I can learn that we should motivate our students to respond our material for example by giving gift or praise. It was really inspiring.   

Last Thursday was my final microteaching. There were Sely and Yosi’s performances so I was the last person who did teaching practice at that day. I was very afraid and nervous at that time. I was afraid if I could not do my best but finally I could pass it. It was final test so I became very nervous to do this teaching. I think the lesson was successful because the students gave positive responds to my material. I taught listening class about asking and giving things for students in Junior High School. Actually, I found many difficulties in finding and preparing the material. I realized that finding listening material is difficult so I decided to make my own material by recording the material by myself. I was not confident enough to record my self especially my voice. I realized that I do not have beautiful voice and my pronunciation is so-so. However, I don’t have many choices, so I made my material by my self. At that time, I thought that I should make an interesting material because my students were still in Junior High School, so I added some short sounds in the beginning, middle and end of the conversation. I hope mu students will like it.

 I think there were a lot of weaknesses of my teaching; the first one was my pronunciation, sometimes I pronounced some words incorrectly and I did not recognize it. The second one was management class. I realized that my students were very noisy but when I reprimanded them, they still talking with their friends. However I tried to do my best, to reprimand them. The third was that I do not like my gesture, the way I standup, walking, etc. After watching my video recording, I could see that my gesture was not good, I look like “mbungkuk” and I moved my foot many time.

 I think the strengths of my teaching was that my students like my material especially my sound effect in the beginning conversation because when they heard the sound, many students danced and moved their head, body or hand. I do not know whether the sounds distract the lesson or not. However, in my opinion I gave the sound effect because I want to make it more interesting so the students will not get bored with my conversation. Besides that, by giving sounds effect I hope I can have student’s attention to listen the conversation and answer the questions. I think all of the students were active, they involved in the lesson. I gave my best to do my teaching practice; I have prepared the handout and the material (recording) so I think I did a sufficient preparation for the lesson. If I should teach the same material next time, I will try to teach the material in the different way so I can get the different experience and respond as well.