What Is the Most Interesting Thing You Saw On Your Way to Class? (Reflection 3)

On Thursday last week, we have begun teaching the half class. I got the third turn. That was my first performance in front of big numbers of people in Micro Teaching Class. I felt nervous that day even though I ever taught bigger class before. I am not really sure why. Probably it was caused by the setting of the room which was too formal. Probably it was because I had to teach people who had learned teaching method for months thus those people I taught might be sensitive of the mistakes I made. Probably it was however the first time I had to teach a class in English.

I admit that I only set one day of preparation (two times simulation) for my performance. It was usually enough for public speaking class. But I don’t think it’s enough for the first teaching performance in Micro Teaching Class. In the beginning of my performance, even though I remembered the steps of my teaching, I suddenly forgot the grammar of the sentences I had to say. I turned to speak very fast because of that.

The worst thing happened when I gave my ‘students’ introduction questions. None of them got what I meant. In order to guide the students to the material (describing things), I asked them ‘the most interesting thing they saw on their way to the class’. After the class, I realized that that question I gave them was not interesting (although there is ‘interesting’ word in my question) and difficult. It was difficult because people rarely observe around when they walk or drive. It is thus logical if someone finds it difficult to tell you the most interesting thing they saw on their way. In other words, it is logical if my ‘students’ couldn’t answer my question. Fortunately I had other introduction question.

I agree with Bayu’s comment about my-not-good-management of time. Actually not all of my material had been conveyed. Not all of activities I planned had been done. I also had no time to explain the mistakes in error sentence made by one of my ‘students’.

In my opinion, my material was not really difficult for the second semester students. Honestly, the material I taught was the material given by my lecturer in the second semester. It was probably my method which was not appropriate.

I joined this Micro Teaching Class because (of course) this is the material recommended in sixth semester. So far, in my opinion, I need to join this Micro Teaching Class because this class is important as a training place before I jump to the education world.

I know that I want ‘this’ (to be a teacher). But I also want to learn other areas before or in the process of becoming an educator. I had big crush on journalism, music, and literature and I wish I could combine my interests in my process of becoming an educator so that I could give something useful and meaningful for my students later.