Reflection on Practice Teaching 2_round 3

Round three has done in practice teaching 2 in this week. As usual in one round there are three teachers who will teach in front of the class. This week the three teachers were Cahyo, Rere, and Pauline. Yet, unfortunately Cahyo was absent at that time. Therefore, there were only two teachers who taught in front of class. Rere taught about reading simple message through a tool. She began the lesson with a game. I think the method was good to begin a lesson, so that the students will know what they are going to learn. In fact, through the game the students knew the material. Me as one of the students enjoyed joining the game, because I think it would lead me to go the lesson. Yet, unfortunately in the main activity I felt bored. The teacher less gave variation style in her teaching. In other words, it was monotonous style. Meanwhile, Pauline taught about listening occupations in the future. I like the way she corrected the students’ answer in the white board, including corrected spelling and wrong pronunciation. I think it was a good idea to give correction on the students’ answer, because the students would know the mistake and know the correct answer. I also felt that the atmosphere was still bored, so that the other students less enjoyed the lesson. 

Reflection on Practice Teaching 2_round 1 & 2

Practice teaching 2 has been holding in Micro Teaching class. Practice teaching 2 as the final test in this course. As previous teaching, every meeting there will be one round which consists of three teachers. In round one, there were three teachers who would teach in front of class. They were Fafa, Delis, and Tia. The three teachers taught Junior High School with different materials. Fafa and Delis taught about introducing ourselves or someone else. Meanwhile, Tia taught about reading an invitation. Those three teachers had different style of teaching, but I got some importance things. The first one was using video in listening section, and discussing the answer by watching and listening again to make sure the correct answer from the exercise. Second, practicing speaking with partner in a group, and practiced it again in front of the class. Therefore, the other students could see and know the conversation from their friends. Third, using real example of invitation, so that the students could know the real example based on the students’ daily life.

Yet, as the teacher I have to consider in managing materials which were given to the students and also time. I think that gave a lot of activities to the students would make the students bored joining the lesson. That’s why before I am going to teach, I have to manage the materials and time that I used. It happened in Tia’s teaching. She was still a lot of activities to discuss, but the time five minutes left. As a result, she cut the materials and began to conclude the lesson. Therefore, from this situation I have to manage the materials and time well before I am going to teach in front of the class later on.

In round two there were Carolina, Gilang, and Anggi. Those three teachers taught Junior High School with different materials. Carolina taught about writing invitation, while Gilang and Anggi taught about asking and giving things. As previous teachers, I got some important things like doing a game in the beginning of the lesson. It was helpful to the students. The students would not bore in joining the lesson, and it could warm up the situation in the class.

Reflection on Practice Teaching 1_round 7 & 8

Round seven and eight were held in practice teaching 1. As usual in one round there are three teachers who will teach in front of the class. In round seven there were Sely, Diah, and Cahyo. The three teachers taught about procedure text with different skill. Sely taught about listening, Diah taught about speaking, and Cahyo taught about reading. As previous teachers, in this round I got some importance things also. The first one was using video not only the recording in listening section. I think it could attract the students’ attention, so the students would not bore doing the exercise. The three teachers also used group discussion to do the exercise. It was a good idea.

In the last round, there were only two teachers who have taught. They were Bayu and I. Bayu taught about reading procedure text, while I taught about writing procedure text. In my teaching, I began the lesson with a game, I asked the students to make o group of three or four. Then, I distributed an envelope of each group. The instruction was arrange the three components consist of action verb, sequencing words, and ingredients. The students arranged a lot of words which including those three components. The game would lead them to go the lesson. In the main activity, I explained a little bit about procedure text because the previous teachers have explained about it. Therefore, I just reviewed it. After that, I asked the students to practice writing about procedure text. All the students need was filled in the blank consist of ingredients and the steps based on the pictures provided. The words that used in the exercise took from the game which was discussed it before. Then, I asked them to write the answers in the whiteboard one by one. After finished discussed the answers, I concluded the lesson by asking the students. What have you learned today? What did you get from this lesson? The students could answer these questions, and it means that the students have known and understand what I taught in the class. Hopefully, for the next teaching I can improve and manage all the things better. 

Reflection on Practice Teaching 1_round 5 & 6

Round five and six were held in practice teaching 1. As usual in one round there are three teachers who will teach in front of the class. In round five, there were Mila, Hening, and Anggi. The three teachers taught about narrative based on the schedule. From the three teachers I got some important things which gave me some tricks before I teach later on. Conducting discussion in class was a good idea to help students’ understanding. The three teachers have done with this method. Moreover, the teachers asked the students to work in a group to answer some exercises which are given by the teachers. I think the method which was used by those teachers was really helpful, because the students would not solve or answer by themselves. However, I found unusual situation that when Hening taught and explained the materials, I saw that he less serious in teaching. Moreover, when there was a student who asked a question to him, in fact he asked back to the students. Sometimes, he explained using Javanese to the students; it made the situation in the class uncontrollable. That’s why I less serious when he teaching.

Meanwhile, in round six there were three teachers also who have taught in front of the class. They were Rere, Yosi, and Rian. Those three teachers delivered different the materials. Rere presented narrative text, while Yosi and Rian presented about giving instruction. The three teachers also gave some importance things to me. The teachers also conducted discussion in a group to help students’ understanding. They also gave real example from the daily life, so that the students would understand easily. Sometimes, the students cleverer than the teacher in discussing exercise. It happened in Yosi’s teaching. When she invited the students to answer the exercise, she gave the wrong answer to the students. As a result, the students interrupted her. That’s why it gave me an importance point. I should recheck the materials that will I give to the students, handout, or the correct answer to the students.