Final relfection

1. What development do you experience in Micro Teaching class?

I have several developments in this class. First, I become more open minded with many suggestions. I admit that I am a stubborn girl, but seeing my friends tried their best, make me want to learn from them. When it comes to comments I try to be more open with an understanding that all of us are still learning. Besides that, I also apply some micro teaching techniques when I am teaching. First I start with questions and move on the materials and move to the summery of today’s lesson. Some of those techniques work, but some of them do not. Now, I also know how to ‘behave’ as a teacher and know ‘what teacher should do, can do and shouldn’t or can’t do’. It helps me a lot when I taught lower class.

Have you had the characteristics of a good teacher?

I will say yes. It is because this class. This class has forced me to have at least three characteristic of a good teacher. Besides be open minded, master the material and manage the class, it has forced me to listen and examine the class. In my opinion, a good teacher should have a good pair of ears and eyes to listen and to examine her/his class. So, I can say Yes I have, even though some of them I get with forcefully feeling.

Do you think you have become a better teacher?

Be honest, I am not really interesting in working as a teacher. I do enjoy teaching but I don’t really think I will be a teacher for a long time. I have passion on children but I realize it is difficult to be teacher. If I can change the question “Do you think you have become a better teacher?” to “Do you think you have become a better educator?” well, my answer for the second question is yes. This faculty really changes my point of view about education, teacher and some teacher’s stuff. Being an educator will not always be a teacher, I believe I will be a better educatior after taking this class because this class has changed the way I enjoy teaching.

2. Do you help your friends to have the characteristic of good teacher? How do you help them? Or do you think your friends help you to become a better teacher?

Yes, I do help them with giving honest comments in the observation sheets and also verbally. I hate telling something good which is the truth is not. Why I do that if that only make my friends get worse in teaching? I also help them with discussing, sharing, exchanging materials. Talking about helping friends, it likes a symbiosis mutualism. We are helped and they were helped. So, the answer for those questions is yes, they help me in a same way when I help them, saying honest comments (when it was not a good one, we say it with encouragements, so it will not bring them down, but motivated them to be better), sharing, discussing materials or our problems in teaching.

3. Do you help them honestly and sincerely?

Yes and I should be. They had helped me a lots in this class, and for return I should help them honestly and sincerely. There were times when maybe I was not honestly and sincerely help them, but in this process of teaching I learn to be honestly and sincerely in helping them.

Do you feel happy/ mad with their comment?

I felt happy, sometimes disappointed, and sometimes funny. I will not feel mad, what for? They had spent their time to observe me and why should I get mad? I should be thankful that there are people who still want to help me to see my weaknesses. I also know that it is not easy to give comments. I once felt disappointed but not mad. I felt disappointed with the few-lines-comments. Two until four sentences, simple sentences, and those simple sentences do not help me at all. For me, they do not really help me or I can say they do not really observe me.

There is also a time when I feel funny. That was Bayu’s comment on my holding tissue everywhere. I don’t feel mad, but funny. I was totally not in a good condition and I had a runny nose. It would be disgusting if I clean my runny nose with hands! When I read that I laughed. It was totally funny.

4. What grade do you deserve in this class?

I believe all us deserve to get A. Why? First, we had prepared the material + RPP at the same time with so many tasks from other lectures. It was not easy, though it was also our responsibility. In this case why I deserve to have A, it's because I had given my best, even though I was lazy to submit weekly reflections. I know I was not diligent, it’s because I have to make exercises to my students who have four different grades. When I finished that and also some tasks, I completely forgot about weekly reflections. So, I know in this part, it was my bad. However, When looked back on my two performances and one performance in teaching lower class, I think I deserve to get A. But, If I get B, it’s still okay for me but I will ask for the detail why. I also have the right to know about my mark.

Reflection 14

About teaching lower class:

Well, I did it and I was glad with the result. I was so nervous but Miss Adisti gave me a lots of encouragements so it really lifted my spirit up! Thanked to her I succeed with a pleased mark.

About Micro Teaching class:

This was the last week of Micro Teaching class and I had some comments to my friends performing this week.

Dhimas : If I could say, his material was too difficult for SMK. He should think more about the level of difficulties.

Benny: he was funny but he was holding the paper too much and pointing his students with paper. He should avoid that, beside he read his paper too much.

Nimas: She was nice, her performing was good. Can I say that she is ready to be teacher?? Hihi she is.

Mila and Detta : They were great and I knew they had prepared it. I shared some tricks with Detta, but don’t know whether it works or not. But detta gave too long presentation. It would be great if she just made her students experience writing than gave a long explanation of the text.

Well, there were additional time to Mas Kecap and JB. Mas kecap as usual, funny. He would be a funny teacher I believed. JB, I do not know what to say, but his set induction was too long and there was no activities. Gilang, who sat next to me, had tried to help JB with asking about todays' material, but JB seemed not to recognize this signal. Well, I hope and pray for all the best happen to my class and all of friends.

Personal comment:

Even though I do think that I won’t be a teacher, but it was lots of fun when learning teaching with my class. They were all crazy and they were all smart. I will miss this class and those craziness.

Reflection 13

My week finally come!!! I performed writing. Well, it was challenging. Before the class, I had met Selly and Diah and we discussed the topic, so that it will have some continuity. Selly and I agreed to have the same topic for “fashion” class. Selly gave the pattern of clothes and I would teach the adjective order.

My performance unexpectedly finished quickly. I left 3 minutes. But for me it was okay since I had made sure all the materials had been delivered and they had mastered the materials. When I was performing, Bayu commented (in the observation sheet) on my holding tissues everywhere. I guessed he did not know that I was sick. I had a bad cold and influenza. It was lucky for me to not sneeze because a day before I performed, I sneezed a lot. Beside, I put make up on, so my face would look fresh and not pale. I did not like when I was teaching and my students knew that something was wrong with me (even when I was sick) I wanted to give my best, so it worked that they did not know I was sick (coz I also had taken vitamin from a week ago, it made my condition better).

Talking about make up I usually used, one of my friends said that it was good for teacher to be attractive, so at least your appearance was great, so it would catch their attention first and after that show your teaching skills. Who does want to have a beautiful / handsome + attractive+ smart teacher? Sure I do want it!

Reflection 12

This week, Riska gave us Cadbury wow!!!!! But I did not get any… this week, we only had 4 people performing their teacher-time. Mas Kecap and JB were absent so, we went home early..

About Riska’s material, it was good. She provides colorful picture, series of picture and asked us to give instructions. But she must pay attention to her hand writing. Riska also only chose some students to answer and she seemed to ignore me.. I think as a teacher she should give equal chances to all of her students. I felt ignored but that was okay for me, because I was her friends, but if she really teaches, she should think about equal chances more.

About Siwi, she was as usual great, Pauline and Rei also. Well, Rei now had given more clearer instruction, compared to her previous performance. They were all great!

Reflection 11

I was the observer for Caroline, Gilang and Anggi. Well, Caroline was good but the portion of “writing” exercises was too small. She taught writing and she should make the writing portion bigger than speaking. It was a good lesson for me, though, if we teach reading, so the main activity will be read and not write. Gilang was so energetic; I liked the way he performed. He seemed to enjoy his time. Anggi, as usual so “happy”.

About being observer, being honest it was boring. I can’t get involve with my friends and make some noise. It was like I watched a huge screen. So, I did not like being observer. I like to observe IN the class not OUT side.. ^^

Reflection 10

Well, Diah, Bayu and Riska had performed. Bayu made some mistakes. He did not pay attention to his writing and spelling. I think he should practice more. Diah and Riska had done good and I like the way Diah taught.

Set induction and Set closure, again, still be problems for us…Those were the hardest for me and my friends may be...^^

Reflection 9

Last Tuesday there were Mila, Hening and Anggi’s performances. Mila and Angi were doing great, but I had some suggestions to Hening. I thought, it would be better not to use Javanese as our speech reflect or spontaneous speech. We were teacher at that time and supposed to show a good role model. So, for me, better to avoid Javanese, Indonesian is okay but not Javanese.

Thursday: I was performing my LISTENING (well, finally) and I was quite nervous. It was pretty hard for me to find good materials and finally I skipped two exercises when I taught due to the time and level of difficulties.

Pak Pras’ comment was right. I did not fully consider the level of difficulties. Well, I should pay attention more in this problem. But I was glad that I could manage the class well, (in my opinion) and my practices in teaching children really help me to be calm and patient. So, I guessed it was all.