MICROTEACHING

 BY Janpha Thadphoothon

What is it? A teaching technique

Microteaching is a technique aiming to prepare teacher candidates for the real classroom setting.

Micro-teaching is a teacher training technique.

Why this technique?

Doing so is to get constructive feedback from peers and/or students about what has worked and what improvements can be made to their teaching technique. 

Steps

Microteaching is a teacher training technique for learning teaching skills. It employs real teaching situation for developing skills and helps to get deeper knowledge regarding the art of teaching. This Stanford technique involved the steps of “plan, teach, observe, re-plan, re-teach and re-observe.” 

1. Plan

2. Teach

3. Observ

4. Re-plan

5. Re-teach

6. Re-observe

Lesson planning

It involves the preparation of a micro-lesson which should be organized in a logical sequence.

Topic: ASEAN

Aim: To define what ASEAN is and its member states

Materials: Flashcards, Videos, Pictures

Stage 

1 - Introduction Stage

2 - Presentation Stage

3 - Practice Stage

4- Evaluation Stage

5 - Transfer Stage

1. Introduction

Hello. I am Janpha Thadphoothon. Glad to be here with you this morning. What I will be doing is teaching you what ASEAN is and the current member states of the bloc.

Warm-up

Is Thailand a member of ASEAN?

Can you sing the ASEAN anthem?

2. Presentation

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand.

ASEAN is an acronym. It stands for The Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

The aim of ASEAN is to promote peach and prosperity or wealth in the region.

Did you know that there are ten member states (countries) in ASEAN?

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional grouping that promotes economic, political, and security cooperation among its ten members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

3. Practice

Now, let's practice. Please fill in the blanks.

What are the ten member states of ASEAN?

The Association of Southeast (1)..........................Nations (ASEAN) is a regional grouping that promotes economic, political, and security cooperation among its ten members: (2) ................, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, (3)......................, Thailand, and Vietnam.

ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in ..........................................

4. Evaluation

Please answer these questions.

1. What is ASEAN?

2. Is Japan a member of ASEAN?

3. Is Thailand a member of ASEAN?

4. What is the purpose of ASEAN?

5. When was ASEAN established?

5. Transfer

 The generalization of knowledge or skill to a new situation - one that is different from the original situation.

Answer these two questions.

What is the official language of ASEAN?

What are the ASEAN plus three countries?

What are the big problems in ASEAN?