Self-evaluationandReflectionAnswerthesequestions.1.Didthelessonplanhelpyou?Ifso,inwhatway?Inwhatwayswasyourlessondifferentfromtheplan?Yes,itactuallydidinremindingmeoftheteachingaimandthetimedistributionandImanagedtogiveafreeandrelaxedclassasplanned.Yetwhileteachinginclass,Iadjustedabit(likechoosingwhichstudenttoanswerthequestion)intheteachingtasksoractivitiesandIalsoredistributedthetimeaccordingtotherealsituationatthemoment.2.Thinkabouteachstageofthelesson.Didyouspend:toolong?notlongenough?therightamountoftime?Howdidyoumovefromonestagetothenext?Whatdidyousaytotheclass?IfeltthatImighthavenotspendlongenoughinTaskTwoandFourifIhadtaughttherealseniorIstudents.SoItriedtostayforamomenttoaskthestudentstoraisequestionsbeforeIshiftedintothenextstageandtriedtoarrangethetasksindifferentstagesinawholechainfromeasytodifficult.3.Thinkabouttheaimsandthelanguageyoutaught.Howmanyofthestudentslearnedwhatyousetouttoteach?Howdoyouknow?IbelieveallthestudentshavelearnedwhatIsetouttoteach,becauseIsetupseveraltasksinclasstohelpthemusewhatI’vetaughtandtheydidagoodjobfinishingthetasksandtheobserversalsogavemesomecompliments.ReflectionIhavebeenalwayslookingforwardtomicro-teaching.Atfirst,Iwasnotnervous.Butafterseeingmanyofmyclassmates’performances,Ifeltabitworried,becauseIwantedtobedifferentfromthemwhereasIsharedthesimilarideasofclassplanstotheirs.SoIchosetoteachlanguagepointswhichhavenotbeentaughtbythattime.Asisknowntousall,it’sdifficulttoteachlanguagepointsattractivelyandeffectivelyinseniorhighschool.Itriedtoarrangesomeactivitiesforstudentstodoaccordingtotask-basedteaching.However,asIsetupthetasksdeviatingfromthetextbookandoverestimatedtheabilityofthestudentsofsenior1,Ifelttherehearsalteachingdidn’tgosmoothasexpectedandImyselfrealizedthattheclassIpreparedwasnotinterestingandattractivewhileIwasteaching.Therefore,Iwentbacktomydormitoryandrevisedthelessonalottryingtomakethelessonmuchmoreinterestingandacceptabletothestudentsofsenior1.Asaresult,Ifeltthatthestudents’attentionswerespontaneouslyfocusedonmylessonwhenIdidrealmicro-teachingthenextday.Myclassmatesandtheteachersalsogavemesomepreciouscomplimentsandsuggestions.Thankthemall!Frommymicro-teaching,Ilearnedalot,especiallyonethingthattheteachingaimsareusuallythesameforteachersbuttheteachingformscanbequitevariablesothatweshouldmakeeveryefforttomakethelessonsattractive,clear,acceptableandsoontoourstudents.Ireallydidenjoythemicro-teachingexperience.