Tips on Micro Teaching (Week 7)

Hi everyone. Today I will talk about the tips on how to improve and conduct a micro teaching. Let's begin. First of all, we need to start with lesson plan. We must know what to teach, who are the students in our classroom and how long is our subject period. For an example, we need to identify our students and their abilities. Obviously, there will be mixed ability students in our classroom. It could be poor, average and good or just poor and average.



To conduct a micro teaching we should have some input and some activities for the students to do. It can be individual or group. Usage of whiteboard or worksheets and also power point slides is a must to engage the students in our teaching and learning process. Give the students at least one hand out or worksheet as reference for them to refer. Lesson plan need to be specific, organized and systematic. Every lesson plan need at least one reflection as a conclusion. They also can conduct a mini quiz at the end of the lesson to test the understanding of our teaching.

Micro teaching must last to 30 to 40 minutes. Before the student could conduct a micro teaching, they need to have a rehearsal to make themselves feel more comfortable. We should rearrange the room to make it as suitable as it is for the students and also the teacher. We can always refer to our lesson plan if we want but not in an obvious way where the students can see our mistake. Before we start the micro teaching, we can also check the prior knowledge of the students about the particular subject or topic.



The main tips on micro teaching:

1. Prepare

2. Cover all contents

3. Practice make perfect

4. Identify the aim

5. Be confident

6. Power point

7. Have back up plan

8. Finally, RELAX!

There you go. That's all about micro teaching. If we able to follow all thee steps for our micro teaching, definitely, it will turn out to be a success. Thank you.