Be ReaLisTic!!!

For this week, our group got this topic, "Be Realistic" to be presented. This is one of the characteristics that a teacher should consider while implementing the teaching and learning. Wshould be as real as we are in order to make our teaching and learning process success. We should take into many considerations about pupils in order to make our learning objective(s) will be achieved. So, be realistic and i'm sure a teacher will succeed to achieve their aims in their teaching profession.

"Be realistic" means that we need to think as real as we can while teaching the children. A teacher needs to think about the situation of the pupils, their condition and also their emotions. We can't proceed our teaching if their emotion is not in good mood. Otherwise, it will make us, teacher, became more frustrated because our learning objective(s) could not be achieved.

There are 2 terms that play important role in order to be REALISTIC which are "STIR" and "SETTLE". 'Stir' can be the activities to make pupils mixed around and interact with others while 'settle' can be activities to make them settle down or calm down. So both activities should be balance in order to suit the pupils' mood and condition. As a teacher, we need to be more sensitive towards our pupils. We need to be flexible and creative in the teaching and learning process. Lesson plan is only a guideline to us but if a teacher see or realize that the pupils are not interested with what have been doing in the classroom, we need to change th activities. This is what we called being realistic by being flexible during the teaching and learning process. Change the activity and we also can make the activity simpler, use the same material in different way. Maybe they will interested as they are familiar with the teaching aids.

In conclusion, being REALISTIC is very useful for a teacher in order to make the Teaching & Learning process run smoothly. The reason is because young learners are very unpredictable. We need to understand their emotions firts, then we will teach them. So, to be a good teacher, we shoud be realistic, flexible and creative...

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