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