Microteaching lesson

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Planning a lesson to me, is not a simple thing since every aspect, technique or method should be carefully taken into consideration when trying to apply them in our lessons. 

We were able to present a microteaching lesson, which for me was a little difficult since we had to apply things in a different way than what we are used to. Lessons should have been student centered, include schemata (which was a new word for me, and I learned that it is similar to build background). Also, it was very important to have very clear objectives and to be specific when setting them. 

After presenting it I have learned that:

We should always model and ask questions to see if students really understood and were paying close attention. Also, it is of great importance for us as teachers, to give directions first and then have students to move. If we do the opposite, students will be likely to start working without listening to the instructions the teacher was going to give and the activity is going to be a mess. 

We should not ask students "Do you understand?" since sometomes, they might not realise that they  don't really understand but they may think they do. Instead, we should check if our students really understood, by personally asking them questions to see what they really think.

When writing on the board or giving them a worksheet, we should put the language focus in bold or in a different color. Afterwards,  we could  ask students why they think that word or phrase is different from the rest, or we could also ask them what they notice about it.

We as teachers, should do a lot of eliciting, and trust in our students. How can we do so? 
We should think ahead of time about what to ask them when introducing a lesson, to make kids discover things on their own and to develop a critical thinking as well.


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