SUBJECT : MICROTEACHING CODE : EED21604 SEMESTER : FEBRUARY 2023 PROJECT 2 : E - PORTFOLIO NAME : MUGESH PRABU A/L NADARAJAN (012020092002) LECTURER : MADAM NIRMALA DEVI A/P RAJOO
Profile Name : MUGESH PRABU A/L NADARAJAN STUDENT ID : 012020092002 COURSE : BTESL A desired student who has lots of passion and love towards English. He had admired his teachers in school but to be a teacher and educate the next generation is a dream. Nevertheless, I have trained myself for the past four years to make myself better in conveying my knowledge to students and keep them engaged to the lesson. Therefore, microteaching class by Madam Nirmala had been an eye opener to me. This is because the subject has allowed me to learn, to educate and to process myself in standing at the position of a student as well as a teacher. Microteaching is a great platform for me to face my internship days. This journey does not stop there as education has no limits. Principle in teaching Teachers are always special for every individual. Teachers are the ones that crafts the students for a better future. I believe that education begins from home but a teacher are the ones that makes us to decide on where will we be for the rest of our lives. A teacher has the magic to identify our potentials and talent without any doubt. Therefore, a teacher should always considerate the student’s need in classroom. It is applicable that the teacher must make amendments to their lessons according to the student’s proficiency. Next, a teacher makes the students feel comfortable in class. The students should not feel trapped whereas they should be happy during the lesson. Lastly, a teacher should not compare the abilities of the student whereas they should encourage them to fly high to achieve their dreams. Its’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.
Microteaching has been a subject where I discovered myself that I love teaching. A sincere thanks to my lecturer, Madam Nirmala who has embedded lots of information throughout the semester and she has instilled beautiful sharing about educating the students and the life of teaching in schools. This subject has never failed to keep us entertained because every lesson it was essential to us. Although the assignments and projects were slightly heavy due to the last semester pressure, it was all worth of us learning as this is the first step of reaching our goals to become a successful educator. It is saddening that we are at the end of the semester but I feel blessed and satisfied as we are ready to face internship. Beautiful memories were gained and this subject has strengthened our friendships among the group mates. Madam Nirmala had also been a good example to us where she showed us on how to deliver the lecture perfectly without students getting bored in class. I believe that the journey for our internship will surely be miserable without this subject. Although we had online classes at times, the information and knowledge were perfectly delivered without fail. Micro teaching was a subject that I was looking forward to have in this semester and the subject has given me the best memories to be carried along throughout my life. Although we have come to an end for this semester, Madam Nirmala has ingrained the believe that teaching Is a forever journey. She has done her part to us and we are responsible to convey our knowledge to others. “Teachers who love teaching, teach students to love learning”. Overall Reflection about Microteaching Class
16th February 2023 (Thursday) (Week 1) Title: Sow for the Subject, Overview of Microteaching, Structure of Lesson Plan Reflection This was the day where we attended our first micro teaching class by our beloved Madam Nirmala. We were supposed to attend on the first week but our cohort had some issues with our time table. Madam Nirmala welcomed happily for the class and we had a overview discussion on the National Educational Philosophy, KBSM, KSSM, KSSR, DSKP and PBS. We were also exposed to the Sow for Microteaching. It was my first day of this class and I felt very happy with the surrounding and the way our lecture instil the knowledge to us in order to be a good teacher in the future.
20th February 2023 (Monday) (Week 2) Title : DSKP, Lesson plan, Topic 1, Teaching and Microteaching Reflection This was the day where Madam Nirmala had a lecture with us about DSKP and lesson plan. We were also exposed to topic one which was about teaching and microteaching. We also had discussion on the tutorial task which was posted earlier on padlet.
23rd February 2023 (Thursday) (Week 2) Title : Structure of Lesson Plan and Recap on Previous Lesson Reflection The class began with a short recap of the previous lesson. The students were asked questions based on the slides and they were required to answer by groups. Points were taken to make the Q&A sessions a fun one. Then, Madam Nirmala showed us the structure of lesson plan to give us the first impression for mock teaching.
27th February 2023 ( Monday) (Week 3) Title : Smart, Story board Reflection For this lesson, we were introduced to teaching and learning objectives topic. Then, we moved on to SMART where we are advised to refer to this while creating the learning outcomes. We had a task on Bloom’s taxonomy where we created a story board involving “We Bare Bears” to explain on our understanding about the use of Bloom’s taxonomy in lesson.
2nd March 2023 (Thursday) (Week 3) Title: Task on Learning Objectives and Lesson Plan Writing Reflection Our beloved lecturer, Miss Siti Hajar, took over the class for a day. She introduced us about A, B, C, and D which means audience, behaviour, condition and degree. She also gave us a task on learning objectives as well as to interpret and choose the best content standard and learning standard fot our classes according to the DSKP.
6th March 2023 (Monday) (Week 4) Title : Task discussion, Set induction (Lesson plan) Reflection This class was conducted online in the evening where madam Nirmala recap on the task discussion on identifying A, B, C, D. Then, the lesson was continued by learning in depth about learning objectives and the importance of sharing it in classrooms. It was a good lesson for the day as we mastered on writing learning objectives by reaching the criteria’s needed.
9th March 2023 (Thursday) (Week 4) Title: Recap Set Induction, Task Reflection On this day, Madam Nirmala did a recap on set induction and it was a great revision for us before carrying out the actual mock teaching for set induction. We were given a task where few students presented a short set induction in class and they short yet meaningful.
13th March 2023 (Monday) (Week 5) Title: Teaching Aids in Classroom (Task) Reflection This class was conducted online where we learnt on the topic about teaching aids in classrooms. We were asked to read up about the topic and shortly later, Madam Nirmala provided us with Zoom link to join the class and gain more information. Task was given related to the topic and we were asked to provide the answers in Padlet.
16th March 2023 (Thursday) (Week 5) Title: Preparation of Educational game (No class)
20th March 2023 (Monday) (Week 6) Title : Presentation on Educational Games Reflection The presentation on educational game started on this day and we were exciting to involve in the game. Everyone was given chance to participate and our lecturer had provided feedbacks to all the groups to provide room for improvement. I felt happy to join the activities and I was impressed with my classmate’s creativity and efforts in creating the game.
23rd March 2023 ( Thursday ) (Week 6) Title : Mock Teaching and Project One Briefing, Activity (Teaching Aids), Presented scrabble Reflection Madam Nirmala started the class by finishing up the remaining groups to present the educational game. We were the last group to present our game which was a scrabble board. It was a powerpack day for us as our lecturer briefed on mock teaching and also project one. We ended the class with a short activity on implementing teaching aids in classroom.
27th March 2023 (Monday) (Week 7) (ABSENT TO CLASS) Title : Stimulus Variant and Lesson on Mock Teaching
30th March 2023 (Thursday ) (Week 7) Title : Summarization, Recap and Completed the Task on Stimulus Variant. Reflection On this day, Madam Nirmala did a quick recap on stimulus variant. She advised us that stimulus variant is very essential in teaching and we should include it during internship. She also provided us with examples which captured our attention. She shared about her previous stories during invigilating schools and we took the ideas to make our internship a better one.
3rd April 2023 ( Monday ) ( Week 8 ) Title: Questioning Techniques and Task on Bloom’s Taxonomy. Reflection This day, we were introduced to questioning techniques where it was slightly related to stimulus variant but here, we learn more information about communications with students. Madam Nirmala provided videos to make the class merrier and we had a task to test on our knowledge in understanding the bloom’s taxonomy.
6th April 2023 (Thursday) (Week 8) Title: Questioning Techniques, Strategies on Student’s Response in Class, Talk Show Reflection This class was a continuation of topic 5 which was questioning techniques. We learnt about how to ask students questions on related topic and how to encounter their question with appropriate answers. We had a talk show where madam Nirmala gave us a title and we have to carry out an impromptu talk show. The class was filled with laughter and joy.
10th April 2023 (Monday) (Week 9) Title: Mock Teaching One Assessment Reflection This class was a memorable one for us as it gave us the first impression on the peer evaluation of mock teaching. We were instructed to reflect on our classmate’s set induction mock teaching. We learnt a lot from one another through comments and it was a stepping stone for us to improve our second mock teaching.
13th April 2023 (Thursday) (WEEK 9) Title: Lecture on reinforcement strategies. Reflection On this day, Madam Nirmala had introduced a new topic to us which was on reinforcement strategies. This was an important topic as we must relate it with our mock teaching. We learnt more on positive and negative reinforcement where our prior knowledge had helped us to cope up with it easily. The videos played were helpful to understand better.
17th April 2023 (Monday) (Week 10) Title: ESL Blog Presentation and Submission Reflection This was a fun day for us as we got the chance to present our ESL blog in classroom. We were the last group to present our piece of work and then off we went for Hari Raya Aidilfitri break. Madam Nirmala had given us some feedbacks on our activities. It was an interesting journey to create blogs and we believe that it will be very useful for our future classes.
8th May 2023 (Monday) (WEEK 12) Title: Closure in a lesson Reflection For this class, we learnt about the closure which was our last topic for this subject. We were taught in detail on how to close a lesson and the significance of us giving an end to the topic. Madam Nirmala had shared videos on this topic which was very useful for me as a reference to polish up my skills on preparing for closure. Thanks to madam Nirmala for the short but insightful lesson.
11th May 2023 (Thursday) (Week 12) Title: Peer Evaluation on Mock Teaching Activity Reflection This was an online class where we were assigned to evaluate other groups on their mock teaching activities. We were divided by groups into a breakout room. A google form was given as a guidance to reflect on their mock teaching. It was a great experience to evaluate others because it was a chance to improve ourselves.
15th May 2023 (Monday) (WEEK 13) Title: The use of White board in Classroom Reflection This activity was carried out to check and sharpen our skills to write on a whiteboard. It was a cool and amazing activity as we move out of the classroom to paste our mahjong paper and we wrote a short story on it. We felt shy at first but we have learnt that practice will always make us perfect. We have decided to make our handwriting better for our internship.
18th May 2023 (Thursday) (WEEK 13) Activities conducted Title: Question and Answer Day with MSU students. Reflection As for this day, Madam Nirmala assigned us with to carry out the activity where we have to move around the campus to attempt a survey based on few questions : 1.How do the lecturers conduct classes? 2.What are the teaching materials they use in class 3.Do the lecturers ask questions when they are teaching 4.Do you and your classmates answer those questions? 5.Does your lecturer give feedback on your answers? 6.Does your lecturer shares learning objectives in classes? 7.How does your lecturer summarize the lesson of the day? We had lots of fun during the activity as it was a groupwork. This activity has broaden our knowledge and we managed to make new friends.
Project 1 Reflection This project had required us to create an educational game and also a ESL blog. We decided to come up with snake and ladder for our educational game but we felt it was a little common. Therefore, scabble was our choice. We spent almost three days to finish up the scrabble board as we used cloth as the board and we painted the tiles with water colour. We had to leave it under the fan over night to dry completely. We presented our scrabble in class and Madam Nirmala was very happy with our scrabble board and she encouraged us to use t for our internship. Besides, the scrabble board was intended to be used for different forms according to the lesson. It was fun to create the board as we took turns to finish up one task at a time. Next, ESL blog required us a great time to understand the ways to create a blog as none of us had the experience of crating one. We asked around for help and our classmates gave us few suggestions of websites to create the blog. It was slightly difficult for us to complete the project as there were only four of us in the group and one teammate was from MSU college. However, I took the responsibility to create and post the activities in the blog. My teammates were really supportive as they gave me a hand to complete this blog. We sat together to create activities and we helped out each other to design the materials in Canva. We were the last group to present physically in class before Hari Raya Aidilfitri break and we receive good comments for our beloved lecturer, Madam Nirmala. All the efforts and knowledge gained were very useful and I will surely implement it as a teacher in my future days.
EVIDENCES FOR PROJECT 1
EVIDENCES FOR PROJECT 1
Project 2 Reflection Project two was amazing as it involved about the mock teaching and e-portfolio. Mock teaching was not something new for us as the TESL students because we had few subjects previous which embedded mock teaching in the syllabus. However, mock teaching for this subject was a little new and interesting as we had to record our set induction and activities. Closure was carried out in an online mode through Zoom with Madam Nirmala and our classmates. It was my first experience of bringing food and clothes to class as my teaching aids despite the printed materials. Mock teaching for this subject required us to fulfil the criteria’s given and we learnt a lot through it. We learnt many new ways to conduct classes and various activities were portrayed by our friends for their mock teaching. We also had peer evaluation and it was a great exposure for us to learn on our mistakes as well as to make our next mock teaching a better one. Creating e-portfolio was a little difficult for me as I was not handy with creating flipbook. Anyflip.com was a useful website for me to create a flipbook and it was way easier to handle. E-portfolio was about our journey throughout the class for the entire semester. It was a platform for us to spill our tea about the joy and excitement we had in class. I enjoyed writing my e-portfolio as the memories we made together in class came to my mind. A vivid view of the laughter shared with each other was the best. Thanks to Madam Nirmala for giving us the best memories where we learn and we educate at the same time. I hope and pray that we will have all the knowledge and experience learnt fresh in us to convey them to our students in school. “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow”.
EVIDENCES FOR PROJECT 2
EVIDENCES FOR PROJECT 2
EVIDENCES FOR PROJECT 2
Notes: Thank you!