The purposes of practicum is to develop our teaching skills
and pedagogy, improve English skill, gain a broader regional and world view and
prepared being a good teacher in the future. I learn a lot from my mentor, coordinator, the students, my friends, my buddies, and Thai citizens. Now I
know, how to teach English in a modern way and make students understand and pay
attention to us, how to manage classroom and manage a time, and prepared me
being a better to enter the real world after this internship program. I also
have learned and appreciated the different religious and culture during the
exchange.
Procedures
of practicum
The duration of practicum is one month. I had a lot of new
experiences and activities during this program. First week is orientation and
observation. We observed the school and our mentor while he taught in the classroom then
starting to construct a lesson plan based on Curriculum and school syllabus.
Second week is teaching assistant. We helped the teacher (my mentor) and cooperating with
students in the classroom. Third week is teaching practice and last week is evaluation
and reflection. In our free day, our coordinator also took us for excursion.
Outcomes of practicum
This exchange project helped me to improve my English skill
besides improve my teaching skill and pedagogy. I become matured and well
prepared to facing a real world. I can solve unforeseen problem. No nervous and
no trembling anymore. Right now, I become a totally confident person and here
are things that I felt improved:
1.
My
English skill has improved.
2.
Be
more confident.
3.
Time
management. After joining the program I become more discipline and respectful
of time and always tried to come on time.
The challenges of practicum
A big challenge for me is teaching Science especially
physics in English language which is not my mother language. Use English as our
daily conversation, that’s help me to practice improve my English skill.
Although there’s a basic grammar error and lose a vocabulary, I keep use
English and sometimes slip out in to Bahasa Indonesia
Overall impression
I really enjoy this program. There’s a lot of new
experience, knowledge, relations help me improve my teaching skill and English
skill. Thai people is nice and greet us warmly, every time i met student’s they
always said “Sawadee, Teacher Chan”
Suggestions for future improvement
For future improvement and suggestion, I think there’s
should be a basic language course before going to teach in classroom. I just
want to say thank you to SEAMEO who provided this exchange program, CRRU as my
accepting university in this program, Chiang Rai Municipality school that give
me a lot of new knowledge and experiences during this program, my home
university, Tadulako University who gave me a special opportunity to me. And
last but not least, to all of my friends that keep urge me and support me. One
month is a short time! I really hope that I can stay longer only for this
exchange.
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