Teaching Prepared by Caroline W. Ndirangu

Teaching a Micro - lesson 
During the microteaching lessons pay attention to the following during classroom 
interaction as a student teacher or trainee. 
Learner Participation
•  Provide the learners with opportunities to participate by calling upon 
them to explain what is happening during a demonstration, through 
questioning, taking down notes, interpreting data labeling of diagrams 
•  Allow students to express their views, to discover things for themselves
•  Allow the learners to communicate with each other to encourage peer 
learning by letting them react to each others answers.
•  Plan to use  group work and organize them efficiently

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Activities 
•  Organize a variety of learning activities by choosing teaching methodo-
logies that  will enable you to achieve the objectives you set out
•  Use practical, demonstration, discussion, role play, brainstorming, mo-
deling debate etc to practice during micro lessons. It is possible to use at 
least 2-3 during your 10 minute lesson if you plan carefully.
•  Maintain a task- oriented atmosphere in the class
Questioning technique
•  Use a variety of effective questioning
•  Use discussion generating questions 
•  Prompt and probe the learners to assist them in answering hard ques-
tions
•  Direct questions to individuals by name  to ensure you are involving all 
of them and discovering their individual differences
•  Avoid chorus answers
•  Use the questioning technique to get feedback of the learners unders-
tanding
Reinforcement 
•  Praise correct answers, good questions or good efforts with a good well 
done excellent etc.
•  You could also use non- verbal communication i.e. gestures. Facial ex-
pression 
•  Rewards
Language 
•  Use clear language and vocabulary to the level of your students
•  Use clear diction,  vary your tone , stress where appropriate 
•  Use gesture, postures. Movement and facial expression with a combina-
tion of language
•  Encourage the students to use language correctly both spoken and writ-
ten
•  Correct grammar and spelling on the blackboard
Resources 
•  Handle equipment apparatus and materials correctly and with confi-
dence
•  Choose or design useful aids and use them effectively 
•  Use the chalkboard to develop notes .etc.
•  Organize the chalkboard, legible handwriting ,well placed, neat

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Content
•  Show mastery of the content being taught
•  Add value during delivery of the lesson, give examples of how to apply 
the concepts to daily life 
Class control
•  Encourage formal and informal interaction among learners to create a 
conducive learning environment
•  Deal with indiscipline problems with a patience and firmness
•  Encourage a sense of responsibility in the learners for their own learning 
and for group learning