MICRO-TEACHING EXPERIENCES
1. Choose one chapter from the text you have sleeked for Micro Teach 1 and 2. (One preparation will be for a first -year class and at least one other for a second year class.)
2. For each experience, you will first turn in a written plan. A week later you will do the micro teach. That will be followed by a written self-evaluation after watching yourself on video.
a. Written Plan.
Prepare and hand in a written lesson plan that would permit someone else to do essentially the same thing you were planning to do. Instructions should be written out for each activity and the complete set of questions, sentences, etc. (excluding materials in the textbook) should be included. Keep a copy for yourself and turn in one copy on the assigned dates.
Be sure to address each of the following points in the written lesson plan:
| Indicate the level of the class. Mention the skills and prerequisite knowledge that you assume students have up to this point. |
| Provide instructional objectives for each activity. What are students supposed to be able to do? What is the purpose of each activity? |
| List the materials you will need and include copies. (Make sure that visual and overhead transparencies are large enough for everyone to see.) |
| Include a timetable to show estimated time for an activity.
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b. Micro-teach.
Before each micro-teach, you will be given the evaluation sheet listing the criteria to be included.
c. Self-Evaluation.
For selected micro teaches, you will need to view the video of your teaching experience and write a page-long evaluation including things you did well and things you would like to change or improve. Be specific. Be sure to include whether or not you met your stated objectives and if not, why not and what could have been done to meet them.
3. Evaluation.
a. You will be evaluated on how well your plan is organized and how well you implement your written lesson plan. Your usage of French/German/ or Spanish will also be included.
b. Your written work must be neatly typed and carefully proofread.
c. All micro-teaching sessions must conform to the time limits and guidelines given.
MICRO-TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS
*At least one micro-teach must be for first year classes and at least one second year.
1. VOCABULARY MICRO-TEACH ASSIGNMENT:
Using 8-12 words from your textbook, plan a ten or fifteen minute lesson plan that includes the following:
a. Present the new vocabulary words to your students..
b. Determine their understanding of the vocabulary words through both group and individual practice.
c. Include an additional communicative activity that could be used the following day for re-entry of the vocabulary into that day's lesson. (This will only be commented upon and distributed.)
d. Evaluation.
Plan = 20 pts; Teach = 70 pts; Group Evaluation
2. GRAMMAR PEER-TEACH ASSIGNMENT:
a. Choose a single grammar point from your text unit.
b. Make sure that you provide visual support.
c. Follow the guidelines discussed in class (PACE Model).
d. Your micro teaching should last about 15 minutes.
e. Evaluation.
Plan = 20 pts; Teach= 80 pts; Evaluation = 10
3. ARRANGED MICRO TEACH: (optional except for 412)
a. This micro-teach will be done in an actual classroom setting, either in your midtier classroom or in a beginning university class. You are responsible for arranging all aspects of this experience with the classroom teacher.
b. Present or review a grammatical point, vocabulary, or a cultural concept. Design and use a communicative follow-up activity.
c. Follow the guidelines in Shrum and Gilsan (169-170).
d. Evaluation.
There will be two evaluations for this experience:
1) 70 points by professor
2) 30 points by students in the class
Pick up the student evaluation forms prior to doing the micro teach.
e. Timeline.
*This arranged micro-teach may be done any time during the semester, preferably during the last weeks of the semester
*As soon as you have arranged your micro-teach, inform Dr. Knight of the date, topic, and place.
*All evaluation forms must be turned in by the last week of class.