My reflections on Microteaching

1) what kind of language I tried to review
I tried to do a interview activity -interrogative.

2) what the objectives of my activity were
I used a handout.

3) what new things I discovered about conducting communicative activities
I thought that students think some questions and then they interviewed to their partner. I wanted students to make the questions that they really want to ask their friend.
There are a reason why I suggest it.
Children don't have a lot of chances to use english in their real life, so I thought the activity have to be more realistic. If they don't know how to use english sentences in real life, they could not use it, isn't they? But I worried about students can make english sentences.

4) my overall reflection of my experience.
・To make japanese quewstions might as well make students' homework.

・I made a handout in japanese, it is help for these students who could not understand what I said. Handouts need to be conforn to students.

・I made one pair to talk that they asked each other, but I think it is better that some more pairs make thier conversation, becouse every students tried really good job, so I had to teach other students one.

・To say all instruction in english was very difficult. I could not say accurate one. It need sufficient preparation, becouse I can not perfectly guess what class going to do.

・Three questions are a little bit large for junior high school students. They take more time to translate what they want to say.

・If I want students to do this activity, I have to present a lot of example before, or I have to advice while I walk though desks.

・Actually, students are shy and don't want to talk in front of their friends, so I must to think some idea for it. I think it is important for other subject, therefor teacher have to make good mood.


Anyway, I felt Karuha, Emiko and Pizza's activities were really interesting. I got a lot of inputs from their teaching. Haruka changed students seat. Changing seat make activities easily. I think it give class variety. I realized it is great class that students study each other by Emiko's movement. Pizza's kaluta was so nice pictures. I think students interested in it.

My classmates helped me a lot!! Thank you very much!

Today, I am going to review two of the "typical Japanese junior high school"communicative activities presented in ETM 3. The activities I am going to revieware Using movement and Find someone who. You can view them here

1 Using movement
I think movement is really interesting way to teach english becouse it is a lucid explanation. It can use for progressive, but I wonder how it use for other grammer. I am going to think about it follow sentence.
Second-year student at junior high learn the past form. It is new notion for them, so I think it is good way to comparison with present form. Students is moving and teacher said two difference sentences. After teacher said some pair, students understand how to use it.

2 Questionnaire
I did the practice 'questionnaire' when I was at junior high school. Students don't have a lot of chance to use english their realistic scene, so it is a good chance for them. I suggest that the questions are had to contempolate more. If the question is that students really want to ask someone, they would ask more actively. I think if students can write it, making the questions is a practice for make a sentence too.

Important things for me

I have some important things. I love my family, friends, nature, hot spring and so on. My family live in Fukuchi in Aomori prefecture. I come back to my hometown now. I talked with my family about a lot of things, for example our future and reminiscences. My mother is good listener, so I can talk real intention to her. We sometimes spat but it is very important for me becouse it is a lecture of life. Recently, we talked about my future. I want to be a teacher but I want to go to a graduate school, too. To be sure, my parents thought that I will be a teacher, but it is big conflict and a problem for me. I explained my opinion but I couldn't talk it well. They maybe understanded me. Actually I can't decide it but I chose to study hard to be an elementary school teacher and then I am going to study for a graduate school. My family supported me to choose it. I think family is one of the most important things for my life.

You know, hot spring is important for me too, becouse it makes me relax. I was shoked at first few days in morioka, becouse there are no hot springs! I can not go there by my bicycle...I will live in the city it have good spas.