The D-Day

Day 18

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

 The D-Day

Waking up in the morning with a good spirit, breathing the fresh air outside and seeing the sunshine rising, this is what I felt this morning. I feel my feet stepped lightly that I’d prepared anything for today’s special occasion. Yep! Today I was going to be evaluated by my two supervisors from Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Prof. Dr. John Pearson and Dr. Wilaichitra Nilsawaddi; my mentor, Mrs. Suppattereeya Nimcharoen; and my teacher, Mr. Chittawee Mongphet. It would be a great teaching evaluation for me but I’d fight for it. I had practiced teaching the night before by using timer to mind the time and it worked. Alhamdulillah… I finally found the reason why I didn’t teach well in the previous teaching. It was because I didn’t mind the time. I just talked too much and it went to nowhere. Hehehe… Ckckck.

At 13.00, I had arrived in the building where I would teach. Still 10 minutes to go. I was thinking that my supervisors wouldn’t able to reach my class on time since they also had to evaluate my friends in the other school at 11.20. When I was asking one of the students there about the students that I would teach at, Dr. Wilaichitra and Dr. John suddenly arrived. Oh My God. They could make it.

 Teaching Practice

 Students' Activity

 The Excellence Students

I started teaching at 13.15. It means there only 45 minutes left before the class ended and I was worried that there wouldn’t be enough time to teach as what was written in the lesson plan I made. I then started teaching confidently just like what I always did in the micro teaching and even in the real teaching when I was an English teacher in a certain school. I didn’t feel awkward anymore in teaching the students and it made me was very happy.

The time flew and I had finished delivering the materials and the students had also finished doing role play but there was still 5 minutes left before the bell rang. “Okay, it’s time to review,” I said to myself. I, then, reviewed the materials and there was still 2 minutes left. Oh, what should I do now? I didn’t know that I teach faster than I thought so I just ended the class and Ajarn Chittawee took the floor after that. Fiuhh… Alhamdulillah… It’s done!

Here are the suggestions from the experts.

Please mind this in order to be a great teacher.

The Great Mentor, Teacher and Supervisors

Ajarn Wilaichitra said that I should take concern to the students’ pronunciation. I should correct the students’ pronunciation when it goes wrong. I actually realized that they say some words incorrectly but I was confused whether I should correct them or not since they used to saying that way and I know it was a bit difficult for them to say the right pronunciation since the sounds are not common compared to their first language. Nonetheless, thank you Ajarn, I will correct it whenever I find it someday. She also said that overall, the way I teach the students was good. “You’ll be a great teacher in the future,” she said. Thank you so much Ajarn. After that, Dr. John said that I was good in teaching them; I was able to manage the students and the time well and I looked confident. He also liked the activity I used. He said that I should repeat the name of the food and drinks again and again so that the students realize that they pronounce it wrong. He advised me to use the simple way to assess the students since there a lot of students here -43 students- and a limited time. Yes, I will. Thank you Dr. John. Then, my mentor, Ajarn Supattareeya also gave me suggestion that I should tell the students the meaning of difficult words that will be heard first before listening to the audio so that the students have the idea what they are going to listen. Thank you so much, Ajarn, I will do.

 I and the Experts

I would like to say a big gratitude to you all; mentor, teacher and supervisors for all your helps and advises. I am very lucky to meet you.