so today the last period in my schedule of teaching was with year 2 Xiao for Bahasa Malaysia's lesson. ever since my day 1 of teaching, i was trying to get in the same tune as the kids so the way i teach will match the way they choose to behave in my class. i heard from several teachers about them, but i didn't really think that it would be that bad. i thought i had loud enough voice to make sure they listen to me. unfortunately i don't. i was talking about dealing with 48 kids. teaching a subject that i am not familiar with. and i have to enter this class for 10 periods 5 days a week. 2 periods for each. and 2 days in which the lesson takes place in the last period right before the school end.
for now, i would say, this class is the most challenging class i have ever teach. even during my practicum, i had no experience in teaching level one students and i had no idea on how to deal with them energetic and powerful kids. plus, teaching in real life is seriously one whole different story with what ever things i had learned when i was in IPG and even during practicum. i could literally apply all the theories and method i learned but i guess it just doesn't work for kids who had already lose their focus after a long day and all they could think about is going back home. to make things even worse, their parents are waiting right on the outside of the classroom already waving their kids asking how their day was! gosh only allah knows whatever feeling i was feeling at that time i was like damnnnn how the heck am i going to keep my cool with these kids jumping and screaming around?!
i remember laughing at myself just now after i screamed several times and it didn't get their attention at all. AT ALL. no wonder some of the teachers teaching level one students are using portable microphone during their lesson. now i understand. i should've ordered that thing too.
i had class with these little kids early in the morning once, and they were behaving real good on that particular hour. i was hoping that they can behave exactly the same way for the last two periods of my lessons. i hope this will only happen in my first week of teaching. i hope next week and the weeks after, it will get easier in time. i hope i didn't get demotivated by this. its a long way to go and i believe its a process of me learning too.
i should really improve my teaching skills. and my voice. and my patience.
5:08pm
27/01/2016
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