Through Miss Kasthoori’s comments and my own evaluation on my simulated teaching, my strengths in my simulated teaching are my voice projection and my paced lesson. Voice projection is an important element in the teaching profession. Having a loud and clear speech helps to grab the student’s attention. In real classroom situations, the environment can be hectic and noisy. A teacher who has good voice projection can surely take control of the class with her voice that students can hear despite all the other noises, but teachers who tend to speak softly will have a hard time getting the students’ attention. Simulated teaching is a great place to practice my voice projection! Miss Kasthoori mentioned that she liked the way I handled my lesson, she said it was well paced and she liked that I did not rush through reading the extract like most of my friends did. Rushing to finish the lesson leads one to confusion, and I dislike confusion. Being too slow does not help either. A teacher needs to have good time management, and this simulated teaching had taught me how to pace my teaching.
On the other hand, my weakness was that I am not creative with my lesson. It was rigid, and the activities are not exciting, even to me. I was just doing the activities for the sake of getting the message through, and did not put to mind the notion of getting the students to be interested in the lesson. I will try my best not to repeat this mistake in the future. A lesson is not just getting the message through; it is also about inspiring the students to want to learn.
I am glad for the opportunity to practice teaching. This is when I can learn and figure out my strengths and weaknesses, and learn to improve myself.
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