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2010 adds that bad communication will not make students understand the explanations of the lesson and the instruction from the teacher. In Teaching Practicum evaluation
rubric, communication skills include voice, eye contact, gesture, and body movement. To be a good teacher, the student-teachers should have good communication skills. They
should have good volume and control of voice for all the students in the classroom so the students can hear clearly. They also have to make eye contact and spread equally to all
students in the classroom. Besides, they should also make natural movement around the class and relevant gestures and cues.
5. Lesson Presentation Teaching Technique
To be a good English teacher, the student-teachers are supposed to be good in presenting the lesson. Based on teaching practicum evaluation rubric, their teaching should be
interesting, clear and well-organized. They have to provide various and interesting activities for their students. They are able to use interesting way to end one activity and
move to the next activity. According to Kyriacou 2009, a good teacher should be good in transition. Kyriacou 2009 adds that there are three elements in transition.
First, the establishment of attention at the start of the lesson. Second, sensitivity in deciding when
to move from one activity to the next. Third, maintaining students’ attention when
moving between activities. Not only good in transition, teachers are also supposed to use appropriate pace of teaching. Pace refers to the speed of teaching. It concerns the idea of
keeping up the rate of events in the lesson so that the students are kept involved and attentive Kyriacou, 2009.
6. Classroom Management
According to Martin, Yin, and Baldwin as cited in Rosas West 2009, classroom management generally refers to the teacher’s effort to organize the activity in the
classroom, including learning, social interaction, and student behavior. Classroom
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management is seen as high priority for teachers to promote academic success Rubio, 2010; Rosas West, 2009. According to teaching practicum rubric, a good classroom
management means that the teacher gives attention and opportunity to all students equally, including the students who sit at the back row. The teacher also gives the
students a lot of opportunity to get involved in the lesson and motivate them to follow the lesson enthusiastically. In addition, Friedman as cited in Rosas West 2009 stated that
poor classroom management often causes misbehavior that interferes with teaching and learning, and procedures tremendous stress.
7. Use of Teaching Aids
According to
Klaus http:www.ehow.comabout_6317487_definition-teaching-
aids.html teaching aids are tools used by the teachers to help their students to understand more. Teaching aids can be visually, aurally, or both. In teaching practicum rubric, the
student-teachers should be excellent in using teaching aids. The teaching aids should support the teaching and learning process and help the students to understand the lesson.
The teaching aids used should be able to be seen or heard clearly by all students in the class. According to Gibbs and Habesaw 1992, teaching aids will help the teacher to
have a good interaction with the students. It also takes pressures off both the teacher and the students. As addition, teaching aids also help the teacher in explaining about abstract
thing so that the students can understand more about the materials explained.
8. Mastery of the Materials
Mastering the teaching materials is the important requirement that a good teacher should fulfill Rubio, 2010. Reynolds and Muijs as cited in Rubio 2010, considered a good
mastery of materials responses to the spontaneous and demanding students questioning. Moreover, with a good mastery of materials, the teacher can give the students additional
and meaningful information about the topic taught.
