My Micro-lesson teaching experience was a great one. I so glad that I was able to follow the lesson plan I had come up with before class worked out so well but at the same time I was able to make a few on the spot changes which are essential for a teacher to be able to make.
I started off with the question I had planned to pose to my group but I did not know that I could get them to guess what language it was that they were looking at and then me trying to give them hints as they guessed the languages was a great addition to the hook of my lesson. I proceeded with what I had planned on earlier but I knew that I may have some extra time towards the end as we only had 4 people in our group, Ying Ting had to leave earlier. I went around the table and showed everyone how to write their name in Punjabi while telling them a little bit about alphabets and sounds of the Punjabi language. As I was doing so, Jessica asked a few questions that made me realize that I am not just a teacher at the moment, I am also a student. She asked me about the correct way of writing an alphabet in Punjabi, whether to go from bottom to top, left to right or the other way around. Her thoughtful questions added a great energy in my lesson as I had not thought about this question when I was planning my lesson. I took the challenge and taught a little bit about technicalities like this to everyone.
Towards the end of my lesson, as I had 2 minutes left and I had covered pretty much everything I had planned to, I decided to do an additional activity as I had the time for it. I asked my group whether they wanted to learn how to write their names in Hindi as well and they all looked at me with a smile and said why not. I quickly wrote their names in Hindi on their paper and told them that they can go home and practice as we won't have enough time right now. In addition to writing their names in Hindi, some asked me to write other phrases in Hindi/Punjabi for them as that might come in handy sometime in the future for them.
It was a great experience as I saw such positive attitude from all my group mates and their feedback was very helpful as well. All three of them mentioned in their feedback that this was a great lesson as they may not have gotten a chance to learn how to write their names in Hindi/Punjabi anywhere else.
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