On the 13th of April 2009, I had presented a simulated teaching in front of twenty course mates, who acted as my Form Four students. Similar to other course mates, after I had done my simulated teaching, I had to listen to Miss Kasthoori’s comment about my teaching. Thanks to her, I get a clearer picture about my strengths and weaknesses in teaching after listening to her comment.
First of all, I will start off with something positive – my strengths. My good point in teaching is clarity, regardless in the aspect of voice or explanation. Due to my loud voice, I faced no problem in voice projection and students could hear what I say clearly. In set induction, I had explained most of the terms that needed to deal with in the lesson, such as tragedy, reversal of fortune, labels and characteristics. Hence, students understood the concept and were able to achieve the objective of the lesson, which is to analyse the development of Oedipus’ characteristics from earlier scene to later scene through labels.
As for my weaknesses, they are poor time management and over-ambitious. In order to let students to have a clear picture on what they were doing, I used lots of time to explain the terms and concepts in set induction. As a result, my set induction was too long. Besides, many of my course mates were teaching how to analyse the characteristics through adjectives, I decided not to repeat the same activities again. However, according to the tutor’s comment, analysing characteristics through labels was rather too heavy for the students.
In conclusion, the simulated teaching makes me realise that I need to improve my teaching skills by managing my time well. I should discard some of the redundant explanation for it will be too time-consuming. As for activities, I should plan it according to the students' ability. In other words, the only remedy of my weaknesses is to understand students' level of proficiency and understanding.
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