My personal teaching statements

Teaching has become part of my life. I have been told many times by my lecturers that I will be trained to be an English teacher. My first time learned English is when I was in the Kindergarten, since then I was interested to learn English more. In 2007 I decided to enter the English Department and it was my first time learned English all the time throughout lessons that were offered by the faculty. Before I did my Teaching Practicum in SMP Kr.2, I had experience in teaching English for TFEC and Micro Teaching. In Micro Teaching, I learned how to create lesson plans, how to create fun and interesting activities, and how to manage my time and classroom. All the knowledge and some advises that I got from my Micro Teaching class help me a lot in doing my PPL. Since that I didn‟t see Teaching Practicum Program will be so burdening and I felt so excited when I had to become the real teacher for my practicum program.

I love teaching and I love having interaction with students. Prior to conduct my teaching practicum, I believe that teaching is not simply about transferring knowledge from the teacher to the students which required them to listen, ask questions, give responds, and do exercises. In my personal opinion, teaching is like building a bridge where I should not create a distance between me and my students. A bridge is designed to connect two elements and it is the same as teaching that require us to build interaction between us and our students. The first thing we should do is know the students' ability, the students' weakness and strength. After we know the students‟ ability, it is time for us to prepare the materials. In preparing the materials, we should choose an appropriate material based on students‟ level. The materials should be selected carefully by paying attention to the language use such as grammar, tenses, and vocabularies.

How can we build a strong bridge? A strong bridge remains a strong relationship. The strong relationship is built when a teacher can be a good motivator for the students. I believe that a key element in learning English as foreign language cannot be separated from the teacher‟s role as motivator. The teacher's motivation helps the students finds their interest in studying and developing their involvement in the class activity.

My personal teaching is brings excitement and enthusiasm into the classroom to increase learning motivation. I teach my students with a lot of smile and open personality that helps me to interact with my students as I guide them through their learning process. How do I motivate my students? I motivate them in learning English by providing fun and interactive activities. I like using games where the students can learn some new vocabularies. I can see big smile in their faces when we play games. They are so noisy but I can feel their excitement in learning new subject.