Big task 2

I want to write one of my big tasks again! This is yesterday post's continuous one!

Now, we do micro-teaching in Clari's class. We prepare our own class plans individually, and we play it in front of others, of course including Clari. This each class is based on NLP. (Neuro Linguistic Programming) This is one of the important theories to teach something or talk with other people. It's a little challenging thing (=difficult) for us to understand the contents. But now, we think of it deeply and use it in our class.

And my class was finished in July 3rd. My goal was that teacher let students understand the differences among some tenses. (past, present, future, present continuous, and present perfect) According to the guide, where the way to teach was written, students can understand them during their discussion only. So I asked Clari what the teacher's job is. I think if the class has only discussion, teacher have nothing to do except to observe the conversations among students. She taught me some hints to check how students understand the contents in class. So I also focused on these activities in my class.

As a result, my class took very very long time than I expected....... I could know, in order to think deeply, I used 8 sentences and I made some long activities. But anyway, my teaching was very long....... It's difficult to manage the time....... Of course, this was practice to teach for my future. So I can learn how important the time management is.

However, in my childhood, I thought if I had more time to discuss with others or to prepare my ideas, I (or we) could create better ideas or opinions. So, maybe as some HTT2012 noticed, I waited for finishing their discussions and after that, I moved on next sentence. Was it good or not? As for students, it's good to have long time to think about something or to talk with others and to share their own opinions. But as for teachers, it's their job to manage one class in itself.

Hmm...... Very difficult for me........ What do you think about that?

Anyway, this teaching practice was one of my precious experiences in Warwick University! I wanna think about it deeply in Warwick and In Japan.