My simulated teaching

I love simulated teaching. It really helps me in my future teaching. For the set induction, I relate a video clip of lion king to my students and ask them to figure out the characteristics of the lion king as being a king. I relate the qualities that should be possessed by the king to Oedipus’s characteristics. For my pre-reading activities, I asked the students to complete the profile of Oedipus which choices of answers were provided. It was easy for the students as they can just guest the answers. For my while reading activity, I asked the students to read the extracts from earlier and later scenes and identify the characteristics of Oedipus portrayed through the extracts given. For the post reading, I asked the students to write an essay comparing Oedipus’s characteristics from the earlier scenes and the later scenes.
In my opinion, there are similarities and differences between simulated teaching and real teaching. In terms of similarities, teachers in school will introduce the story to students by using certain things just as during simulated teachings. Worksheets and exercises will be provided to students during both real teaching and simulated teaching. In term of differences, teacher will usually focus on learner’s autonomy during simulated teaching. However, during real teaching, teacher will usually just put a lot of input into students and seldom ask students to express their opinions. In terms of time duration, simulated teaching usually takes 15 minutes for the teacher to finish all the set induction, pre-reading and while-reading activities. However, in real teaching, teacher can spend 40-80 minutes to teach the whole lesson.
For me, simulated teaching is actually a good experience. It helps me to discover my strengths and weaknesses. I learn from the mistakes and try to improve my teaching skills.