practicum is one of the mandatory requirements to be accomplished successfully. Practicum which includes a few phases is one way of learning and training myself to be a teacher- a versatile, committed and dedicated teacher who is able to know and see through the good and bad in the pupils. Practicum has been considered as a side where student teachers practice the art of teaching in real context with student teachers assigned to one another and class for specific of time ( Zeichner, 1996). I was assigned to do my practicum at SK Taman Kota Jaya for 12 weeks, beginning from 26th January until 24th April 2014. During the practicum, we are assigned to teach English (major) and Pendidikan Seni Visual (minor). My expectations for this practicum are to collect as much experience I can get. Besides that, this is my third opportunity to practice all the knowledge and the theory that I learned before. It was quite an exciting yet challenging because I knew that different school has a different atmosphere and way of doing things. What had been taught during the lecture might be not the the same as in school. Therefore as a student teacher I must be able to adapt and adopt with the environment and to make sure that I can be part of the school community even though it is only for three months. Preparation is an essential when we are going to do something that is very important. Therefore before I went to the school I make sure that I had prepared the reading material, reference book and print out the activities that might be useful for me during the practicum. I make sure that I am fit mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually to show that I am capable to take the responsibilities as a practicum teacher. Other than that, I would try to be as friendly as possible with all the staffs and teachers in the school. I would always reminding myself that if I am able to get the knowledge from the senior and experiencing teacher, I believed that many years of teaching experience would be easier to become a good teacher. Therefore be such a friendly person would be such a good thing to do whenever we are at the new place, in a short time and tried to get as many knowledge as I can. Being a practicum student teacher for this three months also required me to make sure that I able to reach the school on time or earlier. I must make sure that every day I come early to the school to make myself ready for that particular day. I will always keep on updating my portfolio to avoid any complication and confusion later on. I hope that in the end of my teaching practice, I would be able to fully understand the full scope of teachers role. I should be able to achieve my objectives in my teaching. Besides, I also want to know how to conduct a curriculum activity or any program that can be held in school. These phases of practicum give the teacher trainees like me abundant teaching experiences and opportunities to practise the knowledge, skills, values and ethics learnt within the classroom and school settings. I believe that teacher expertise is the most important element that would determine the pupils achievement and as trainee teacher I want to become an effective teacher than I was before and face the challenge of teaching the Y and Z generations.
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