Final Reflection

The end of Micro Teaching Class is not the end of suffering but it is the beginning of everything. After Micro Teaching Class, I will have my PPL. I will practice my teaching skills in the real world, in school. Thinking of it makes me nervous. How about doing it? I don't know what will happen when I teach the real students in school. I must be very nervous because I have to prepare many things. I have to prepare the material and then manage the class. It will not be easy but I'm sure that it is not impossible. I have learned teaching skills in my class. I just have to apply the skills in the real world. Although it is not easy, I have to do it. I have to prepare myself for the real class so that I will be good teacher in the future. Hopefully, I will grab my future-students' attention. And the important thing is that I hope my students will learn many things with me because that is the main point of being teacher. Amen :)

the characteristics of a teacher

To be a good a teacher is not easy. We have to master all skills. Besides, we have to prepare the material which is good for students. These are the characteristics of a good teacher:

• · Be creative
• · Be disciplined
• · Master the material
• · Manage the time well
• · Be friendly
• · Be patient
• · Use the best method which is suitable for the students
• · Be honest
• · Be responsible
• · Master teaching media
• · Etc

Although it’s difficult, a teacher should try the best to teach the students. Hopefully, i can be a good teacher so that my students –in the future—will learn anything which is useful for their life.

Appearance

Is appearance important for teacher? The answer is "of course,yes!". When you teach for the first time, your students will "evaluate" you from your appearance. What if you looked messy? I'm sure that your students will not respect you. They will ignore you. And then, you are meaningless for them. They will not care about what you say. Appearance is important for teacher. Teacher should dress appropriately so that the students will respect her/him.

Noisy Students

One difficulty I found when I was teaching is class management. It's hard for me to manage the whole class, especially when the students are very noisy. When the students are very noisy, the teacher should warn the students. Even if there is just one student who is noisy! Why is it important to warn the noisy students? It is because the noisy students will distract other students from their study. The noisy students will break the class' attention. Therefore, teacher should warn the noisy students not to distract other students. The teacher may warn the noisy students by calling their names, asking them question, or just be silent. Be silent will grab students' attention so that they will not be noisy anymore and pay attention to the teacher.

time management

Time management is an important thing in teaching. Before teaching, a teacher should arrange the time well so that he/she knows what to do at class. Teacher should give proportional time for each activities. How long is the time needed to open the class? How long is the time needed to do exercises? It's important to plan how much time needed for each activities so that the students will do the activities well. If the teacher give specific time to do the exercises, it will teach the students to be discipline. It is beneficial for the teachers and also the students.

heart

            Teaching is not easy. There are many things that should be prepared before teaching. There are material, media, appearance, etc. When you have prepared those things, you may start your teaching. However, you can’t teach well if you don’t teach with heart. Teaching is a job to teach other people to learn something. When you just teach someone/some people without caring for their understanding, it is meaningless. When you teach someone/some people, you have to make sure that they understand what you teach. Therefore, you should teach with heart to be good teacher.

reinforcement

                What is the importance of reinforcement? I think reinforcement is important in teaching-learning process because it motivates students to learn more. A teacher should reinforce the students to give appreciation for what they have done. Even if the students make mistakes, a teacher should not say bad words to them. The students will be motivated if the teacher reinforces them and they will do better in the learning process. Reinforcement will affect the students to learn better.

behave well

                A teacher should be friendly to the students. Being friendly is important because it can grab the students’ attention. However, a teacher should also behave well in the class. So, the students will not neglect him/her. Being friendly and being well behaved teacher J

teacher

                When I had done my teaching performance in my micro teaching class, I realized that being a teacher is quiet difficult. I had to prepare the listening material which is difficult to find. And the hardest part is the teaching performance. When my students were noise, I was confused because I didn’t know what to do. What i had prepared before suddenly disappeared. I had to pay attention to some noisy students. However, I still had to deliver the material well. After doing my teaching performance, I know that I should prepare anything well before teaching.

Be Ready

What we have to do before teaching? The answer is....preparing many things! First, we have to prepare the material (of course!). Second, practice teaching performance so that you are not very nervous when you teach. Next, prepare plan B, C, D, etc so that you can handle the class if your "scenario" doesn't go well. Don't forget to manage the time,situation and condition of the class while you are teaching. The last thing is preparing yourself. When you start to teach, only God knows what will happen. So, just enjoy the class and remember to be happy! You are teacher but it doesn't mean that you are the only person who teach in the class. You,as a teacher, will also learn from your students. Just say "WE are going to learn...." not "YOU are going to learn..." so that all of your worries will go with the flow.... Happy teaching :)

actor and actress

A teacher sometimes is also an actor/actress. Why? Because a teacher should looked happy although s/he is sad. It is important to pretend to be happy because it will motivate the students. If we, teachers, looked sad when they are teaching, the students will be demotivating. Teachers should do everything to motivate students. Because it is teacher’s responsibility to motivate students so that they want to learn enthusiastically.

teaching performance

Last week, I did the group teaching. It was an unforgettable experience because I felt nervous. I knew that being a teacher is not an easy job. When my friends were the teacher, I pretended to be a noisy student. And then, I got the “karma”. When I did the teaching performance, I knew that it’s difficult to control the class, especially the noisy students. I think class management is the most difficult task in teaching. As a teacher, I have to manage the time, the students, and of course the situation of the class. From my group teaching performance, I learn that being a teacher is not an easy job. We have to prepare many things. I hope, I can be a good teacher in the future...

mastering the material

Teaching is not an easy job. We have to prepare many things before teaching. Firstly, we have to master the material. It is really important. Because by mastering the material, the class will run well. If we do not master the material, the students will get “wrong lesson” and they will not respect us. By mastering the material, we also feel confident because we know what to do in class. Beside that, we should know the situation of the class so that we can handle the class.

Motivate Students

When teaching a class, a teacher should concern about the class situation, whether the students pay attention to the teacher or they are bored. If the students are bored, the teacher should motivate them in various ways. Asking questions can be one of the examples. By asking questions, the students will concentrate on the topic under discussion.

When explaining the material, a teacher also should stimulate students to help them understand the topic of lesson; to achieve the competence set in curriculum; to increase their active participation, enthusiasm and spirit of study; and to avoid boredom and apatism.

The other important element in teaching is reinforcement. Saying simple words such as ‘Good!’, ‘Yes, that’s right!’, ‘Excellent!’ etc. will motivate the students to learn enthusiastically. If the students are appreciated, they will pay attention more to the teacher.

Open and End the Class

A teacher has to master many skills. There are set induction and set closure skills, explaining and stimulus-variation skills, questioning skills, reinforcement skills. Last Wednesday, i learnt the set induction and set closure skills. Set induction is how to open/begin the class. There are few steps to open the class. Firstly is greeting. It is very important because it will affect the class. We have to give good first impression to the students so that they will be highly motivated. Secondly is introducing the material. For example, we can show them a picture of elephants. Then, we ask them to describe elephants. After they answer the question, we can tell them that we are going to learn report text. Then, we can also tell them the lesson objectives.

The set closure skill is also important. After explaining the material, we should summarize what we have learnt in the class. We can ask the students about our explanation. If the students can answer the question, it means that they understand our explanation. From the answer, we can also know whether the students achieve the objectives or not. Then, we can give assignments or homework for the students. After that, we can inform the next lesson. Finally, we can end the class.