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Purposes of the Practicum
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As I joined this program, I had realized several purposes of this practicum that meets my need such as:
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Student teacher like me, have the opportunity to teach foreign students with different personalities.
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Have the courage to teach abroad and use certain skills in the real teaching-learning situation inside the classroom.
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Improve knowledge and skills of every student teacher to be a future teacher.
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Enhance self-confidence and improve their skills especially in speaking English.
Giving my farewell speech during closing program
Reviewing previous lesson
Procedures of the Practicum
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The following are my journey in teaching at Indonesia:
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Attend the orientation of my University, Iloilo Science and Technology University.
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1 Attend the welcoming program of my Receiving University, Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara
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Self-introduction to the boards of receiving university together with my coordinator, Ms. Yayuk Manurung Hayulina.
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3 Visit around the University.
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The receiving university deployed us to the School that we need to teach, Al-amjad Islamic School Medan.
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Attend the welcoming program of Al-amjad Islamic School.
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Self-introduction to the headmasters and teachers of al-amjad islamic school.
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School tour.
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Meet my cooperating teacher, Ms. Annisa Sebayang.
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I ask her about the topic that I should discuss.
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I get the competencies as basis of lesson plan.
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She gave me my schedule in teaching and the classes that I should teach.
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Observed her class for 1 week.
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Make my lesson plan.
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Prepare all of my materials needed in teaching.
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Teach my grade VIII-2, VIII-4, VIII-5 students.
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Make sure that before I teach, Umi Nisa checked my lesson plan.
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Focus on the learning objectives of my lesson plan.
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After teaching, Umi Nisa gives me a feedback.
Outcomes of the Practicum
In my headline above which says that “experience + learnings = CHANGE” I can apply it to myself. Yes, with this experience plus the learnings of this kind of experience results a very big change to myself. These outcomes are:
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I improved communication skills, especially in speaking English.
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I learned various teaching strategies on how to handle students with different personalities.
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I become more matured and knowledgeable in terms of classroom management.
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I gained more self-confidence in public speaking.
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I am now more responsible in doing school things like lesson plan, and visual aids in organize way.
When we arrived Kualanamu International Airport
When we arrived Kualanamu International Airport
During welcoming program
Picture with the Master and cooperating teachers of Al-amjad Islamic School
Establishing classroom routines
Challenges in Practicum
I have 2 challenges in this practicum First, To be honest in first week, it is hard for me to communicate with my cooperating teacher because she can’t speak English well. But thank you to my buddy for translator all throughout this program ends. Secondly, some of my students cannot understand English also. I am afraid that maybe they can’t understand my lesson. So what I did is to learn some of basic Bahasa language, with that they can relate to me and I become more talented because during teaching I have more in body language just for my students to learn.
Overall impressions:
“Experience is the best teacher”
This SEA teacher program is a really great opportunity for Education student like me. You know what, first I hesitate to join this program because of a very personal reason, like financial problem and I am afraid travelling alone. But my very supportive family encourages me to join this program, because they told me it is really a great opportunity. And all I can say that, they are right.
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In joining this program, there are lots of improvements to myself as a student teacher. I become more matured enough in classroom and time management. With this program, I also found my second family in Medan, Indonesia. Meeting my fellow SEA Teachers from Thailand and Indonesia, we may have different culture, but the most important is we understand and accept each other. With this program it such a great journey.
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Suggestions for Future Improvement
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I am hoping that more Southeast Asian countries will participate this kind of program.
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This project will be better if they inform students teacher ahead of time the activities of what they are going to do everyday.
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Explaining their activity
