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Alhamdulillah, finally we had done our Linking Theory to Practice TSL 3110 short
coursework. This coursework requires us to plan and perform 30 minutes microteaching
in the class. We have to work in a group of three to complete the task given.
The first step that we need to take is to draft a weekly scheme of work (SOW)
before we can proceed to draft the lesson plan. The weekly scheme of work is a
guidance to plan a lesson for the whole week. Planning the scheme of work must be
referred to the standard document or the curriculum specifications. For my personal
lesson plan, I choose to teach Year 2 ESL primary students. This is because I only have
the Year 2 Textbook which I can refer to while doing the lesson plan. For our group, we
chose to teach year 3 ESL primary school students. So when drafting the SOW, we
must refer to the year 3 KSSR standard document. All the criteria in the scheme of work
must be taken into consider especially the number of week which can be referred to the
monthly or year scheme of work, the theme or the topic that is going to be taught, the
learning outcomes (LO) of the lesson, the learning standard, the activities for students
and lastly the remarks. The process of drafting and editing the SOW keeps go on with
Mr. Yusni time by time until we get the finest scheme of work to plan our lesson for the
microteaching.
After that, have to choose a lesson plan for Year 3 KSSR students based on the
SOW that we have made. The teaching context of the lesson is on the world of self,
family, and friends while the topic is on Feeling Happy, Feeling Sad. The
specifications that we used are 4.1.1 Able to enjoy action songs and jazz
chants through non- verbal response. 4.3.1 Able to produce simple creative works with
guidance based on action songs. By the end of the lesson, the students in their
respective levels should be able to identify at least three feeling expression based
on the pictures and newspapers. All the activities are provided with suitable teaching
materials and worksheets that we have prepared. The lesson goes on smoothly as we
planned, Alhamdulillah.
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There are few new things that I have learnt from the microteaching especially in
managing the classroom fills with young children and how to manage the materials that
I have prepared for the lesson. There are few ways to manage the classroom as well as
the teaching aids. First of all, teacher should greet the students when he entered the
class. Teacher ask the students how are they doing in class and who are absent.
Through greeting the students, it shows that teacher cares about her students and the
students will feel the friendly and safe environments while being in class. As usual, the
first impression is very important. In this case, students impression about the teacher
must be good to make sure they give their full cooperation when the lesson takes place.
I also learn that teacher should also let the students guess what topic she will
teach on that day. Guessing can be seen as one of the skill by the teacher to attract the
students and heightened their curiosity to learn in classroom. Teacher gives few clues
to them so students can guess what topic they are going to learn. Then teacher must
explain further about the topic and relate it with the previous lesson so students will
have better understanding on it. Teacher also must use some teaching tools (BBM) or
realia to attract the students. Children always love the teaching aids that are very cute
and they prefer the graphics like cartoons either than real picture. Besides of attracting
the students attention, these teaching aids also helps to give clear instruction. When
teacher is giving instructions, she directly can use the realia to show examples to
students so they can have better understanding on that topic. Most important is, by
using the teaching aids or realia students can experience hands on activity in the class.
Teaching and learning session will be more enjoyable if teacher plan an activity where
students can take part in it. We make our teaching aids that shows the different feeling
of a cartoon. To attract the students, we name each cartoon as Bobo, Bibi, Bubu, and
Baba. Children may find it interesting as some of them have their pets that name like
the cartoons.
Teacher also has a right to teach in a free misbehavior classroom. So, a few
steps can be taken to manage and prevent any misbehavior from happens. First,
teacher should organize a clear set of rules for class behavior. This is based on the
theory of Assertive Disciplines by Canter& Canter. Organized a set of rules does not
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mean that teacher only write rules on a paper and paste it on the wall. Organize means
teacher set the specific rules that can be used in the classroom during the lesson and
teacher explain it to the students so they can understand the rules and follow them.
I learn that that teacher must state to the students what the positive
consequences are when they obey and complied with the classroom rules as well as
negative consequences when they refuse to follow the rules. Teacher should recognize
and praise students who are able to comply with the rules to make them feel
appreciated and have a motivation to keep following the rules. For the students who
broke the rules also must recognize and put under observation. They will be given three
warning and if they still do the same trouble they will be taken to the headmasters desk
or to the counselors room. For sure, they will take it as a big warning to them to
behave in the learning session.
Lets take an example when teacher is teaching in front, there are few students
talking at the back and bothering others who wanted to study. Teacher takes the first
action by asking them to slow down their voices and listen to what the teacher is
teaching in front. If they are still making noise, teacher can separate the group. If the
problems still happen with the same students talking and bothering other at the back,
teacher can take them to the counselor or directly to the headmaster because there is
already three warning given before. The early action is very important to prevent any
major misbehavior in the classroom such as truancy or vandalism.
Besides, teacher also should be more calm and confident when facing students
in class. I am that kind of person who can quickly get a bit nervous because she move
too often when teaching the students. The often the teacher moves, the less the
students can focus. Assertive teachers should clearly, confidently, and consistently
model and express class expectations. This kind of teacher works to build trust with the
class. When teaching or giving orders to students, make sure you are not hesitate. As
what I learn in a video of how a teacher can manage their nervous, the teacher has to
be firm in the class and if you want to state a rule, make sure it is clear. For example,
our rule is no talking without raising your hand. Please raise your hand and wait for me
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to call on you. This is what I have said when students answer the question without
raising their hand.
I found that, Teaching English vocabulary is not easy to be deal with. A crucial
component of learning a foreign language is the acquisition of vocabulary. For young
learners, the very first words that they acquire could lay the profound basis for a better
later learning of the children. This study is intended to investigate the specific
application of techniques in teaching English vocabulary to young learners. I have
strived to investigate the current techniques in teaching vocabulary to young learners
and studied the difficulties that teachers encounter during this process. I have asked af
few seniors especially my own roommate, and she said that oral interviews,
questionnaire and observation schemes were used as useful instruments for data
collection. The questionnaire-based survey aims to scrutinize teachers. Common
techniques in teaching vocabulary to young learners, general difficulties that they meet
in teaching. Oral interviews and observations serve to elaborate on the information
gathered from questionnaires and discover teachers. Alhamdulillah they always give
opinions on how to solve arisen problem in language classroom, especially during
vocabulary section.
The result of this survey indicates that using flashcards in presenting, sorting
tasks in practicing and sentence completion in revising vocabulary are three most
preferably common techniques in teaching young learners the English vocabulary. The
exploitation of combining different techniques is considered rather limited; in conclusion,
this study provides some suggestions for teachers to realize the benefits of having
available activities and games in young learners classroom.
Now I want to describe what I have discovered along the 30 minutes
microteaching in class. Firstly is the three of us has exceed the time given by us to
conduct the lesson which is 30 minutes. As for myself, I also did some mispronunciation
while teaching vocabs to the students. I have difficulties to use the right grammar when
in nervous. To overcome these problems, we have to be really particular about time
management and the management of materials. Sometimes time are
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wasted because of teacher used to repeat instruction to regularly and talks more about
minor things than the main topic. So, teacher should avoid from wasting the time on
something that is not appropriate but focus on what he or she is going to teach on that
hour so the objective of the lesson could be achieved successfully. As for the
pronunciation problem, I have to practice and listen and speak more so that I can
improvise my pronunciation and also my grammar.
I have read that Moreno Rubio , C. (2010) states that effective teachers manage
and organize the classroom according to the pupils needs and preferences to create an
optimistic and warm learning environment for all the pupils, and enhance their learning.
This fact wakes me up as I think, in the microteaching, I am aware that I dont not really
apply good classroom management. As a result, there are some misbehavior such as
some pupils do talk even when I talk. A feedback from a peer suggests me to apply at
least one classroom management routine that can assist the smoothness of my lesson.
For instance, I should have the policeman strategies on. This is best used the time I
write something on the blackboard. It is believed to help me in controlling the amount of
misbehaviors so that the lesson becomes more effective and conducive. In future, it will
be more effective if I set certain rules before starting with the lesson so that the pupils
are clear of the dos and donts and also clearly understand what is expected from them.
This is good in a way it helps to reduce those misbehavior in the classroom.
All in all, preparing and conducting the microteaching lesson to a group of my
peers is a superb learning experience for me. In addition to planning activities and
aligning my lesson with standards, I also have the opportunity to observe my peers
style of teaching and receive constructive feedback on my own teaching and lesson.
This definitely leaves me with something to reflect on and improve upon my teaching.