An Uneasy Task

This week is the third or fourth week that we are going through our simulated teaching. I find that it is really a challenging work to do. Firstly, the most important thing is the suitability of the activities that one is going to carry out. There are many factors that a teacher needs to consider to do an activity in the classroom. Students’ language proficiency is one of the factors that influence a lot. Besides that, one has to ensure that the activity provokes students to think about the issues that are involved in the literary test.
Secondly, the language used is very important. As a teacher, not only one has to speak without any grammatical mistakes, but also give instructions and utterances that are clear and prompting. This is really not an easy thing to do and one needs time to improve on the language used in order to speak like a teacher.
Lastly, confidence and active interaction with students are what one needs in the teaching lesson. Standing in front of the class, one needs enough confidence and courage to carry out the planned activities. Without these, even the best lesson plan will lead to failure. Besides that, students will only be attracted to an interactive teacher because no one will like someone who talks to the wall.
evelyn
28.2.2006