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7 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