SELF-REFLECTION FORM –
MICROTEACHING (TESOL METHODS)
Name: Zaskia Maharani
Date of Microteaching: December 9th, 2025
Topic Taught: Descriptive Text
TESOL Method Used (CLT, TBLT, ALM, CBI, etc.): TBLT+CLT
This form encourages deep thinking, not just surface evaluation.
It guides students to connect:
– planning
– teaching technique
– interaction skills
– TESOL theory
– teacher identity
A. Reflection on Lesson Planning
1. What was your learning objective for this microteaching session?
Explain what you wanted students to achieve by the end of the lesson.
I customized the lesson planning to be more suitable for high schooler since I believed they
already have the capability to comprehend the material and the step by step on how to
writes descriptive text.
2. Why did you choose the TESOL method that you used?
What principles, theories, or teaching beliefs supported your choice?
I chose to blend Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and Task-Based Language
Teaching (TBLT) for this writing task, as this method is suitable for high school learners. This
decision is supported by core principles of second language acquisition and my teaching
beliefs. Firstly, I used CLT to explain the material and give instructions, so students built
their writing task using real-life examples rather than drills and repetition, like the usual
writing task. Secondly, TBLT's framework provides the necessary scaffolding for teenagers
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to acquire the language. This also aligns with the sociocultural theory by Vygotsky, he
believes that interaction, like scaffolding could help language acquisition.
3. How appropriate were your materials and media for the topic and level?
Reflect on clarity, design, and learner accessibility.
I believed my content was okay and had clear learning objective since I give clear
instructions and I used interesting digital tools, however I should put more effort into
designing the media.
B. Reflection on Teaching Delivery
4. How clear and effective were your instructions to students?
Were they understandable? Too long? Too short?
It was clear but not interesting enough to engage the students.
5. Describe how you facilitated interaction.
Did you encourage student talk, negotiation of meaning, collaboration, or peer support?
Yes, as a teacher, I do provide space for teacher-student interaction, ask them questions,
correcting their grammar mistake, and let others correct their friends’ work.
6. Comment on your confidence, voice, and classroom presence.
Were you calm, rushed, or hesitant?
When talking about confidence, I'd say i was confident enough in the video, my voice is
steady and clear. However, as I'd say before, I don’t really put effort into capturing their
attention, i just ask questions and let them answer.
C. Strengths and Achievements
7. Which aspects of your microteaching went well?
Identify at least two strengths supported by examples.
1. I use digital tools like mentimeters, and it makes the lesson so interactive
2. Apply scaffolding between teachers-students and students-students
8. Describe one moment that made you feel successful as a teacher
I suppose i felt succesfull as a teacher when I can connect with my students and adapt my
pace of teaching with their pace of learning. For example, when I explain about the
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definition of descriptive text, instead of directly telling them the definition, i stimulate them
to think what is the purpose of the text and they nailed the answer by saying that
descriptive text were written in purpose to tell or describe somethings.
D. Challenges and Areas for Improvement
9. Which parts of your lesson did not go as expected?
What caused those difficulties?
I’m suprised that my lesson felt that boring because i thought it would be much interesting
since i used interactive digital tool. Then, I realized it could happen because i focus on
writing objective and usually writing classes tend to be super boring for most people.
10. What feedback from peers or lecturer resonated most with you?
How does it help you improve?
Salsa said i could improve my way of teaching if i did checking-understanding techniques
to my students and it opened my eyes.
11. What specific aspects of your teaching would you improve next time?
(Example: clearer instructions, more student-centered activity, better media design, time
allocation)
There’s lots of aspect i could improve but i would try to make my lesson to be more
student-centered and engaging.
E. Reflection on TESOL Pedagogy
12. How did today’s microteaching help you understand TESOL methods better?
It makes me realized, when we’re teaching, we should combine methods and not only
using one type of methods.
13. Which TESOL principle do you want to strengthen in your next lesson?
(e.g., communicative competence, task-based sequencing, scaffolding, assessment)
Encouraging peers work.
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F. Professional Identity
14. In what way do you see yourself growing as a future English teacher?
I would be teaching literature or linguistics in university.
15. What ethical or professional considerations did you apply?
(e.g., fairness, transparency, respect, academic honesty, inclusivity)r
Respecting everyone by giving them the equality to answer the question and hear their
explanation as a resemblance of fairness.
G. Personal Commitment
16. Write 3 commitments you will carry forward for the next microteaching practice.
1. Put more effort to designing material.
2. Always use communicative language teaching.
3. Make various activity.
Closing Reflection
What is one sentence that summarizes your learning today as a teacher?
Teaching presents a great opportunity, but it is a hard skill that requires dedicated mastery.