REFLECTION ON THE ENGLISH MICROTEACHING NAME : SYAFIQAH LIYANA BINTI SAHARUDIN IC NO : 910729-03-5914 Assalamualaikum wbt.

Praised to Allah, finally my group had finished doing microteaching in order to complete the coursework for ELT Methodology for Young Learner. Based on the microteaching presented, there were some strengths, weaknesses and ways to overcome in order to improve the next teaching session. We divided the three stages which were presentation, practice and production by draw lots among the group members and I got the presentation stage to conduct during the microteaching. The way we divided the stages was fair to each member and all of us could conduct the session very well. The first strength from the microteaching was my personality. My personality during microteaching is suitable to be an English teacher because from the lecturers comment, I am the one who is firm, friendly and humorous. As a teacher, it is important to be firm because it plays an important role for the classroom management to ensure the pupils follow the teachers order and instruction. If not, they will more playful and do not give full attention to what the teacher is saying. During the microteaching, my classmates that acted as pupils gave active participation by responding to me. The two-way communication that happened between the pupils and me contributed to the liveliness of the lesson (Kyriacou 2007). Besides, I was friendly to the pupils. I could see that the pupils were enjoying during the lesson and I realised that a positive classroom climate exist. The pupils did not afraid when trying to spell the word; bathing and drinking. By being a friendly teacher, it could reduce pupils anxiety toward the learning an d prepared them for the lesson and I had indirectly contributed to the effectiveness of the lesson taught during the microteaching. The other feedback from the lecturer was, I am the teacher with a sense of humour. I had created a warm environment by giving some humour questions related to the pictures shown, and I could see the pupils liked it. In fact, the

pupils were eager and motivated to keep learning the subject when they loved the teacher. Another strength was having a good English. When giving instructions, I used just simple sentences that convey clear and specific questions or messages and sometimes step-by-step guide, like Where is she? What is she doing? This is suitable for the level of year two pupils. Clear instructions are important to keep the pupils understand what they are supposed to do during the tasks given. On the other hand, it is significant to avoid pupils from misinterpret the instructions and interrupts the smoothness of the lesson. Therefore, having a good language proficiency and delivering clear instructions to the pupils will contribute to the effectiveness of the learning and teaching process. Besides, there were some weaknesses that could be traced during the microteaching. First, the sizes of the picture cards were too small. It could not be seen clearly to the whole class. In this case, the pupils faced problem to describe the pictures shown. They took a long time to response to the teachers questions related to the pictures. In order to overcome this weakness, I have to consider a few aspects in producing teaching materials like the size of the materials must suitable with the number of pupils in a class so that they can easily interact with the materials. Then, the materials selected must also relate to the content of the lesson. The second weakness was I had a problem with time management. The time allocated for presentation stage was 15 minutes but during the microteaching, I took about 21 minutes to teach pupils. So, it interrupted the time for the other two main stages which were practice and production stage. So, to overcome this problem, I have to plan the lesson carefully. The time allocates for each stage should be suitable to the content and activities that will be carried out on that day. This is because good time management ensures that the lesson will be carried out smoothly and helps to achieve the goals of that day. In conclusion, the strengths and weaknesses during the microteaching give me the opportunity to improve my teaching process especially in time management. This is because I have to teach English for the next practicum. I hope that this experience can help me to become a good English teacher.