It is really helpful to make a display of the main areas to concentrate on while doing the practice lessons/microteaching. Here is the wall display Agi prepared in Bishkek. Of course teachers aren't concentrating on all of these areas at once - just 2-3 points each for the next round. But the posters also help them with giving feedback to each other and self-reflection.
Below you can see what the classrooms in Almaty were like. We ran our courses at the Suleyman Demirel University because of various logistical factors. In fact we prefer to be in a school so that the classrooms look like the ones the teachers usually use. But whatever the classroom, we have to make the best of it! And soon the bare walls were full of posters created by the trainer or the participants.
Before:
The white paper on the chalkboard is the home-made screen Krzysztof improvised because the .ppt slides weren't visible on the dark green and the screen was too heavy to move around easily. He also wanted to use the board, you see. Our trainers are resourceful :).
After:
Here are Krzysztof's posters with the microteaching program.
And the grammar topics that each group was to present are also on the walls.
It can be hard at first for the participants to make their 10 minute microteaching segments fit together. They should plan together and help each other. Sometimes it takes a couple of rounds before they can do that properly.
David Dodgson also shared some classroom displays in his post.
Finally, it always feels good to have your work appreciated. If you are working on one of our courses, please take a lot of photos and ask permission to share any with the participants themselves.
These two teachers made prizes - a T-shirt and a trophy - for their 'students' to win in a competition during microteaching.
What a lovely idea, right?
And now we're looking forward to seeing your happy teachers and their work soon....
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