Friday, March 28, 2008

how i was evaluated

According to me, I could not recognise where my mistake was. After I was evaluated I knew which part of my teaching I should do correction. Moreover, I feel it is good to be evaluated. Firstly, I would like to say that, through evaluation I was aware on what should I do before my micro teaching. I was concentrating more on my preparation for my teaching. Preparation means my activities for the students. I was looking for the appropriateness and accurateness of my activity. For an example, I was looking for the appropriate curriculum specifications for the lesson and so on. After I was evaluated on my preparation, I knew that, my preparation was not perfect but was good enough. Moreover, I get to know that, whether I gave clear step by step details for my lesson. Therefore, according to my to set induction, I get to know whether it stimulates the learners interest. In the other hand, I was even evaluated whether my set induction was related or relevant to the lesson. At the per-reading stage, I get to know that is my task is within learners’ ability or not. Through this I get to know that my instructions were grammatically accurate or not. Therefore, I was able to make my activity be student centered and have the chance to check whether the students’ understanding. I was even evaluated on the while reading stage. In the while reading stage, I understand that the activities that I prepared was related to the pre reading. In this stage I did a better job, this I was evaluated. It means that my while reading activity was interesting. It was in an effective and appropriate manner. Lastly, I would like to say the evaluation on my language. I get to know that, I speak clearly and the learners could hear me but I was quite nervous. As overall, I get a chance to learn and correct myself.

Friday, March 21, 2008

Evalauting others

When evaluating others, I could evaluate myself too. Firstly, I evaluated the preparation of the activities for the learners’. At this stage, some was well prepared and some were not. By evaluating them, they have a chance to correct them themselves. In the other word they could identify their mistakes. There are good teachers’ according to my evaluation. Their preparation on the activities was good. The topic they choose was appropriate with the curriculum specification. Moreover, the worksheets were prepared in an accurate manner. Therefore there are teachers’ was quite nervous as the could not prepare their worksheet in an appropriate manner. When I evaluated the set induction, there are teachers’ has done a really good job. Seriously the activity stimulates the students’ interest. As a student I enjoyed the activity. And even the instruction was very clear and the teacher was able to connect the activity to the lesson. It was also more to student centered learning. As a student I understood that, what the teacher is teaching. But there are some teachers need to be improved in this set induction, even me too. At the next stage, which is pre reading, I get to know that some of the extract was in appropriate length. But therefore, there were some of the teachers’ grammar was not accurate. This was the one the comment I gave to the teacher, so she could improve her grammar. At the while-reading stage, most teachers’ task was related to the pre- reading task. Moreover, the teacher checks if the learners’ what was being thought. Lastly , I evaluated the language of the teachers’. Overall everyone was good.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Teiresias

Teiresias uses his spiritual abilities towards Oedipus. This means that, destruction that Teiresias gave to Oedipus encounters him after he learn the truth of his life. This situation occurs when Teiresias reveals about Oedipus. Moreover, Teiresias is the who is responsible for the striking of the dramatic irony in this play. This is because of his great knowledge of the truth of Oedipus. Therefore, Teiresias is also responsible for futher developing of the theme which is blindness. Teiresias is not only responsible for the dramatic irony in this play; he is to be blame for the foreshadowing for Oedipus’s fate. Oedipus is the main character of in Sophocles play Oedipus Rex, could not see the truth, but Teiresias the blind man could see it. Moreover, Oedipus, is known for his intelligence who is ignorant and therefore he was blind to the truth about himself and his past. Yet, when Teiresias exposes the truth he is shocked. It is left to Oedipus to overcome his "blindness," realize the truth, and accept fate. Teiresias the blind prophet provides Oedipus with the hurtful truth.Teiresias represents insight, therefore his wise words should be perceived as prophecies of events to come and morals to learn. Teiresias though physically blind can see better or more spiritualist than Oedipus who has perfect vision and yet still blind to the truth.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

REVIEW ON THE MOVIE "STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE"

Before I complete my reading on the play of the Street Car Named Desire, I watched the movie Street Car Named Desire. The movie was more interesting compare to the other movies I watched. After watching the movie, I get to know about Victoria culture. The women can’t talk back of fight back to the men. As another word, it can be said that they were more to slave than wife. In this movie, Blanche was not happy with her sister’s an also her husband’s character. She was not happy with the sister because she was obeying the husband’s rule of life. Moreover, she was not happy with Stanley because he was controlling her sister’s life. In the ending part of this movie, Stella will leave Stanley. Actually, according to Victorian culture, the women suppose to be with the husband no matter what. The women have to be dependent on the man for everything. But in the movie it was the other way round. After I finished reading the play, I get to know that the ending part was different. In the play Stella will not believe Blanche and will go on leaving with Stanley, but in the movie in was the other way round. I was the opposite of the Victorian culture.