ICC Microteaching

The goal of the my presentation stage was to introduce new vocabulary to the students. I think I managed to do this quite effectively. I started off with a simple TD activity that consisted of the students trying to guess what the topic of the lesson was going to be. A little game of hangman did the trick. The students enjoyed it as did I. Next I used a PPT presentation to introduce the new vocabulary. Each slide had a picture of the food item and its name. To make sure the students understood what they were looking at, I asked them to describe what they saw in the picture. Students volunteered some answers and then I would give them the name of the food item. I made them repeat the word several times and then I would ask individual students to say the word aloud. This was a good opportunity to check their comprehension and their pronunciation.Next up, I introduced a game called Got It that I found in our Harmer book. I would call out a food name and the students had to quickly pick up a card from the table. The student with the most cards at the end of the round would win. My microteaching ended at this point. The rest of the presentation stage consisted of matching the food items to their country of origin. Next, do another activity to help students remember and finish by asking them what food they would like to try. That question at the end would of been the extent to which I could have a discussion with my students since they are so young.Most of the answers would of been something like 'I want to try kebabs because they look yummy'. At least the students were introduced to something new and hopefully realized that not everyone eats kimchi.

After I was done my microteaching I felt really good about my lesson. The lesson was not too hard for the level of students that I have. I was able to introduce some aspects of culture to students of such a young age. I used many classroom interaction techniques and I made sure to give them comprehensible input at all times. I checked for comprehension whenever was possible. I spoke in a clear and loud voice making sure everyone could hear me. I just wished I could of had more time to get a little further in my plan.

The one thing I would have changed is I should of laminated those cards for the activity. Some of the students got a little rough with the materials.

Overall I am very pleased with my execution of this lesson plan!!!