Reflections on my Microlesson

Lesson: Differences between the Present Perfect and the Simple Past

Level: Engineering Undergraduates
Class size: 07

MY STRENGTHS:

My class was interactive and engaging.

I tried to elicit the names and usage of the present perfect and simple past tenses from the students by asking questions.

MY SHORTCOMINGS ON THE LESSON

After asking two questions about Bahubali I couldn’t build on those responses to derive an explanation about the difference between the present perfect tense and the simple past tense. But, I started teaching how adverbs are used with these two tenses. And later, I left it and started error corrections. As a result, I taught three microlessons.

And also, my teacher talk time was high because I kept explaining the usage of the two tenses. Instead, I could have tried eliciting answers from the students.

MY PLAN OF ACTION
To make my microlesson effective next time, I want to:

1. stick to the topic I have chosen and give relative examples and explanation.
2. to prepare a detailed lesson plan for my next microlesson.
3. avoid teaching irrelevant aspects such as use of adverbs and error correction.
4. decrease teacher talk time and increase student talk time by eliciting answers from students.
5. avoid commentary and echoing students’ responses.
6. give clear and precise instructions.

Microlesson on the differences between 'the Present Perfect and the Simple Past Tense'

Hi all

I taught a microlesson on 'the differences between the Present Perfect and Simple Past' on the 28th of June, 2018, Thursday, at the English Language Teaching Centre, Gudlavalleru Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh.

(You may click on the thumbnail below to view the complete microlesson.)