Some valuable reflection

Dear blog,

I have gone through two phases of practicums and now I am about to finish my third phase of practicum session. My first practicum was at SK Raja Di Hilir Ekram while my second practicum was at SK Tanah Hitam, Ipoh. My third practicum school is at SK Tun Dr Ismail, which is located in Padang Rengas. Teaching experience differs every time I enter the class. I have gained many experiences especially in teaching and learning of English language. The time that was spent with the pupils was more than inspiring but truly wonderful.  My cooperative teachers did more than enlighten me on the important roles of becoming a good English language teacher; they opened up a whole new perspective on the many rewards and experiences that teaching children can have on me and how I can affect them during some of the most important years of their lives. 

Reminisce the memory of teaching and producing...

This 'Read Me' box is for the collections of pupils' work 

such as books, journals, scrapbooks and the like.

I paste it in front of the class to ease the pupils and teacher to have a look.

Although I got the chance to teach pupils of year 2 again for my third practicum, the feelings and experiences are different. I did not expect to gain as much experiences or inspiration in this teaching field during the practicum periods.  During the practicum periods, I was able to see how the pupils respond towards me as a teacher. With 35 pupils to 21 pupils in the class, I was able to spend more quality time with each and every one of them, and getting to know each of their unique personalities.  

'The Party Boy' is a simple story book I made to encourage pupils to write and produce creative art work. Learning to write a story book and instill awareness of loving arts and literature..

See how committed they are with their works 

and thru such activity, they learn to work as a group.. 

During the practicum sessions, and some other hours of active involvement with the primary school pupils, I had the chance spending teaching other classes during the relief hours. The pupils were more than eager to learn and cooperative as well. Throughout the lessons that I have been teaching for the past practicums, I feel very much happy as I learn so many things especially to experiment with all the techniques and approaches in teaching. My cooperative teacher enjoyed my lesson as well and provided me with more than enough positive feedbacks.

The most memorable part of this teaching experience was my language arts classes. I was surprised by how well the lessons went and again, I had a great bunch of pupils who did a great job, listened well, and commented on how much fun they had in the end. I feel that it is important that pupils not only learn through fun activities, but they managed to understand the language inputs that were being taught. It is also important that we set our goals as teachers to get students physically active and the more ways we find to make physical activities motivating and fun, the greater chance we have at reaching that goal.  This course practicum did what it is supposed to do, by providing me with a great positive learning experience and chance to see how rewarding a students’ achievement and happiness can do for me as a future educator.  

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