Microteaching- Portfolio

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name: muhammad aiman iqmal bin noorasid Age: 21 years old BTESL student Live in Ampang, Selangor email: iqmal878@gmail.com

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Teaching, as I describe it, is the process by which I assist students in acquiring information and skills via instruction. It involves a variety of aspects relating to me as a teacher, the mode of information transmission, and the students as recipients. To put it another way, learning is a process that involves teachers, educational materials, and students. According to that definition, teaching is the process of providing information to a group of learners via the use of diverse educational materials. As a result, it is a necessary aspect of the learning process.

For week 11, Madam Nirmala introduced us to a very last topic that was related to our mock teaching project 2, Closure. I enjoyed the session very much as I was so excited to finish my mock teaching project with my groupmates. As for the activity, we were required to and create our own closure activity that is going to be suitable to be conducted in classroom. I chose traffic lights cards as my closure activity where students will raise green light card if they clearly understood the lesson, yellow light card if they have some doubts and red light card if they did not understand any.

Today, we learned the new topic about the characteristics of a good question. There are many criteria that we must follow such as short, clear and also relevant. For me, I think it is very important to follow these strategies because you cannot approach students correctly when you don't know how to ask questions correctly. When teacher succeed in using the correct strategies of asking questions, students will understand what the teacher wants clearly without any doubts left in their heads. Not only that, the open ended and close ended questions also are very important for a teacher to recognize and learn. By understanding the difference between the two, you can learn to&nbsp;ask&nbsp;better questions and get better, more actionable answers

The first class for my Microteaching subject started with our lecturer, Madam Nirmala showing the whole class the SOW for the subject. I feel like it was really helpful for a lecturer to start the class by showing the SOW so that the students get to know everything and what to expect from the subject. Then, Madam Nirmala continued the lesson with the topic 1 since we had a lot of time left. She taught us the Introduction of Microteaching. I learned a lot actually from the first session with her. As we know, teaching is not an easy profession. That is why subject like Microteaching can help us to become a better teacher. Microteaching is an innovative training approach in which a teacher trainee or a student-teacher leads a lesson for a small number of students for a short period of time. This is meant to help teachers improve their abilities. This technique has shown to be helpful since it focuses on a single ability at a time.

week 7 (Mock teaching 2)

This week is the week for our mock teaching second video presentation which was focusing on questioning techniques and also reinforcement strategies. I personally think I have shown an improvement compared to the last video I recorded for set induction. My reviewer did say that I fulfilled all of the criteria according to the checklist and she also added that I looked very enthusiastic in teaching my students. For this project, I learned that both questioning techniques and also reinforcement strategies are very important for teachers to conduct class well. Without the proper usage of both parts, we might be facing a lot of troubles in handling the classroom. I learned that not only we can motivate students by using reinforcement strategies, it can also help them to understand better the whole session if they feel motivated to learn.

Mock teaching 4 was our very last video for Project 2. We were required to record a video on how to perform closure stage in a correct way based on the checklist given. For my closure stage, I did say to my students that all of the learning objectives were obtained by them. Then, I asked them to be in pair and tell each other what they have learned during the whole lesson. I was quite impressed with my performance as well as my students' performance because everything went smooth as I planned beforehand. I think by attending the classes really helps me to understand the topics better and I believe that I can become a better teacher just because I understood what I should do and what should I not do. For my video reviewer, Fazira, she stated that I fulfilled all of the criteria except for 1 main point, Recommending extension task. I actually got confused with the main point but after the explanation given by my lecturer, Madam Nirmala, I have understood it better now. I felt very disappointed to miss 1 main point as all of my videos before were flawless. On top of that, I am also proud of myself because I think I did a great job overall for this mock teaching project. I hope I can use everything I have learned when I am teaching one day.

Week 6 started with a new topic that has been introduced by Madam Nirmala which is about Reinforcement Strategies. This would be crucial topic for us because we are required to continue our video recording about this topic. So there are many reinforcement strategies such as, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement and also punishment. Positive reinforcement entails the provision of a rewarding stimulus after a behavior, which increases the likelihood that the behavior will occur again in the future. Meanwhle, negative reinforcement is a technique that may be used to assist in the teaching of certain actions. In reaction to a stimulus, something unpleasant or uncomfortable is taken away via negative reinforcement.

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For week 13, Madam Nirmala introduced us to a new topic which was Whiteboard Strategies. I enjoyed the session very much as it was so much different from the previous lessons that we had with her. This time, we learned the correct techniques with all the dos and don'ts when we are writing on a whiteboard one day. It actually not easy as it looked like at first because it will require us to always be aware of students' behavior as well. We have to keep checking on them as they will sleep and not paying attention when we are teaching in front. As for the activity, we were required to choose any topic and conduct it in front of the class. My group and I chose adjectives as our topic and one of us presented in front using all of the techniques that we have learned before. Overall, I think I gained so much new knowledge especially knowing that it is not going to be easy when I am going to write on a whiteboard one day because I need to improve on my handwriting and make sure that I will follow all of the techniques that I have learned.

For week 12, we were required to present our third vided for mock teaching project which will be focusing on stimulus variation and also teaching aids. From the project, I learned a lot especially the importance of stimulus variation and also teaching aids. I personally think that if teacher has a good quality of teaching aids, it will massively help him/her to teach the students without any trouble. Students will enjoy learning something if you have a good teaching aid. Not only that, I learned that interaction between teacher-student, student-student, teacher-student-teacher are all so important especially during this 21st century style of learning. We need the students to be very active in class otherwise they will easily to lose focus. For my video, my reviewer, Fazira told me that the video was perfect as it fulfilled all of the criteria based on the checklist given. She also added that by giving only 3 minutes to students to create a poster, was definitely not enough. But, I did say to her that I cannot give them more than 5 minutes as it will ruin the process of the whole video. Madam agreed with everything she reviewed as my video was really fulfilled all of the criteria.

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To continue our week 5, the class started with presentation from the remaining group which have not gotten enough time to present their teaching tool from yesterday's class. Like yesterday, I focused on the presentation because I really want to learn and be with them to explore the new website to me which can help me to do activities with my students in the future. After the remaining groups have done presenting, Madam Nirmala continued the class by giving us new instruction on our Assignment 2 which is Blog. We were required to submit the blog next week at first, but the deadline has been moved to another 3 weeks. I can't say that I'm not happy on this because it can give us more time to create a proper blog for our assignment.

Things start getting more serious in week 3. Madan Nirmala taught us how to perform and do the correct way of set induction when we are teaching later on. This topic is very important because in our project 2, we are required to record ourselves teaching using the correct methods of doing the set induction stage. One example from her ex student doing the set induction was shown to us. She was very good in conducting the lesson. I learned a lot from this week especially today, Wednesday because I have done the set induction wrongly before I learned about today's topic

In this tutorial class, Madam Nirmala instructed those who have not yet to present their set induction video to present theirs now. There were just a few of them remaining and like previously, someone will need to comment on the presenter's video and give his/her feedback and thoughts on the video according to the checklist given to them. I was called by Madam Nirmala to give feedback and I did give as instructed well. 

Week 8 is the week for our assignment 2 presentation. We are required to create a blog for students' independent learning purposes. My group chose Tumblr as our main platform to create the blog because we felt that not many people know how to use and how Tumblr actually looks like. We prepared 10 activities in total including all listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The feedback that we got from our lecturer, Madam Nirmala was very positive. She mentioned that our blog was very organized and students are going to find the blog very easy to access. Overall, I am quite happy with our group performance for this assignment because we enjoyed doing it a lot together through Zoom application. Not only we had fun doing it, we also gained extra knowledge on how to prepare a creative platform for students to learn such as blog. I am hoping that I will not forget to use this when I am becoming a teacher one day.

The second class of the week started with us learning how to write a proper lesson plan when we become a teacher one day. A lesson plan is a teacher's daily guide to what pupils should learn, how it should be taught, and how learning should be assessed. Lesson plans provide a precise structure for instructors to follow throughout each class session, allowing them to be more productive in the classroom. This guarantees that every minute of class is spent teaching new ideas and having productive conversations. Madam Nirmala also highlighted the importance of having a proper lesson plan as it can affect our teaching process if we don't have a good one. In this 21st century, everything has changed and revolutionized. Students are getting more creative but as a future teacher, we have to make sure we use the advantages to the fullest.

So today we are required to do a task given based on the picture above according to our assignment's group. We have learned all the stages and strategies needed for a good set induction in our previous class so this is the time where we must use and show to madam what we have learned. My group and I wasted no time by dividing the sub-task equally. We discussed it together and we posted our answer in the padlet given.

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overall reflection about microteaching class

Microteaching subject is definitely one of my favorite subjects as a BTESL student. I personally think it is very different compared to other subjects which require me to read a lot of things to get the information. But, with this subject, it does not require me to read a lot to understand everything as I only need to "do" it or "practice" the things that I have learned. Not only that, I think Microteaching subject really helps me to become a well-prepared teacher when I am going to internship one day. I learned and still learning the little details on how to handle the classroom and students in excellent and correct ways. There are so many new things that I have learned from this subject so far including how to perform set induction in a correct way, how to use questioning techniques correctly and also how to motivate students by using reinforcement strategies. I enjoyed learning everything because I believe that it will help me to become a good teacher one day.

Our week 2 started with Madam Nirmala showed us how to use SMART and ABCD formula. It was really a meaningful lesson because I personally think both SMART AND ABCD are really helpful for me to get ready to become a proper teacher. It is important to highlight that, a teacher must be ready everyday to prepare and plan his/her class properly. Failure will result if the teacher falls behind in his or her planning. Good instructors are constantly over-prepared, thinking about the next lesson, and in a constant state of planning and preparation.

This week, Madam Nirmala asked us to create a lesson plan from the set induction until closure. We have to submit it in the Google Drive and be prepared to present it if our names get called by her. Luckily, I was one of the students who got called by Madam Nirmala to present my lesson plan. There were a few errors in my lesson plan. I was not happy with my performance as I thought I can do better than what I did. My learning objectives did not fulfill all of the ABCD criteria (criteria D was missing). I took note on that and will be careful next time when I'm writing learning objectives again. Also, Madam Nirmala suggested me to only do 1 activity for the set induction stage as I can use the another activity for my presentation stage. Other than that, I think my lesson plan had no more errors and I am hoping that I will never repeat the same mistakes that I did in writing the lesson plan again.

Today is the presentation day for our set induction part. Good thing is, I volunteered to show my video because I want to get it done faster than majority of them who did not volunteer. This is because I don't want to feel the pressure and nervous for another week to present my set induction which I have done perfectly in time. I received a lot of positive feedbacks from Madam Nirmala and also my friends. It really did encourage me to become a good teacher in the future because I know that I can do it. I followed all the strategies that I have learned in week 4 to do my set induction part (video) perfectly. There was also 1 feedback from Madam Nirmala which I should focused on improving more. I must be more friendly when I am teaching because Madam said I was too focused to finish the lesson in time. Hopefully I can do better and show it to her in the next activity

WEEK 5 (Project 1 task A)

Week 5 started with another presentation which is our Online Teaching Tool assignment. Each group must come up with 1 different website/app that can be used for teaching students. My group chose YouTube as our main website and we managed to explain it in details. The feedback that Madam Nirmala gave us was very positive. She said our YouTube website was good and suitable to be a platform for online teaching tool. She also mentioned that some of the teachers in school don't know how to use YouTube properly, so what my group has done today for the presentation was good enough to explain the process of using YouTube from the start until the end. Also, based on every group's presentation, I can say that, there are many unknown websites to me which I have never heard before that can be very useful to conduct activities for students such as genial.ly. It can be beneficial for both teachers and students because during this pandemic, everything is in virtual. I really enjoyed listening to all of my friends presenting about their teaching tool. I will definitely use majority of these teaching tools in the future when I am becoming a teacher.