Fourth Reflection

Last Tuesday we have Tya and Anggi as our teachers. It was very great experience to see and learn from their performance.  They were lucky to have class teaching.  They got a good opportunity to practice class teaching before mid-term test. Hopefully, the suggestion, comments, and advice given to improve their performance would help them practicing better on mid-term test.

I was also lucky to learn from their performance and the suggestions/comments given to improve their performance. Some important information that I got from their performance are: the students’ response should be write on the board, pay attention and give advice to the late comers or the students who do unacceptable activity in classroom and give a clear instruction about the classroom activity. I hope I could apply the theory I learned today when I practice class teaching. However, it’s not that easy to apply theories into the real situation but the important point is I have to try and do my best.

In the end of this reflection, I would like to ask some suggestions and advice to improve my performance so I could do better in the next performance. Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu……….

Third Reflection

Practice and practice

Finally, I got my turn to do group teaching. Since it was my very first try, it made me so nervous but I had to do it.  I chose speaking as the course and the material focused on describing people. The students were grade X of senior high school. I chose a picture as the media to gain the students’ attention about the day’s material.

It’s not that easy to practice theory we’ve learned into the real situation. Sometimes, everything we have prepared well not run as what we’re expected before. This is what I experienced when I did my first teaching practice in micro teaching class.  What I practiced in class was not what I expected before and sometimes, it made me forgot the words’ meaning.  I was very nervous because it’s the first time I did teaching practice and it disturbed me much. But, it was not the end of the world for me. I always keep thinking that it was just a process to be better and better. Practicing will help everybody more expert.  However, mastering theory is also important but it should be applied by practicing. More we practice the best we will be. It was lovely to see my friends very cooperative when I did my turn to practice teaching them.

I got many advices, comments, and suggestions to improve my teaching strategy, class management and the teaching method.  The important points that I learned are I have to speak louder, give response to the students’ activities, more relax and improve my eyes’ contact.

I hope I can apply what I have learned in my next chance so the students will not feel bored in following my class. What I have to do is be sure to myself and I should practice more and learn from my friends’ performance and reflection. Thanx to Pak Pratsfor all comments and suggestions and thanx also to my friends…GBU

Second Reflection

“Do your best and God will do the rest”

Mastering theory is important before going practice teaching into the real situation. This week we’re discussing the theory and some information related to teaching practice. Understanding some tricks and theories on how to teach well and how to be a good teacher made me sure that I could do teaching practice even though I was so nervous inside to imagine it. Huhuhuu. BUT, whatever I feel I should try to do my best.

This week we also have some friends’ performance. They got their turn to practice teaching. It was a great opportunity for them to practice the theory that they’ve learned. I could see that they were nervous but it’s very normal feeling comes to everybody on very first try. Moreover, it’s also a great moment for me to learn from my friends’ performance.  Some important information I got from their performance and from the suggestion given to them. It’s important to master the materials before practicing and to minimize the feeling of nervous we need not to look at the students straight to their eyes, just look at their forehead.  

However, it’s not that easy to apply theories we have learned into the real situation and the question for myself is could I do my turn well and applied the theories into the real situation??? I will try to do my best and I believe Pak Prast and my friends will help me be better and better…….Good Luck