Teacher: Farah Qistina Binti Fahimi

Mentor: Paul Hughes

Reflections

When I first met with Mr. Paul Hughes, I went through many emotions like
nervous, excited, panic and so on. I was worried that we would not get along.
I soon found out that any worries I had were no longer an issue. After several
meetings with him, my mentor, Mr. Paul was very friendly and supportive. I
really enjoyed the teaching focus sessions we had together for the past 5
months. After the teaching observation, we would sit together and talked
about the lesson that I had just taught. I received some constructive feedback
from Paul. I liked it when my mentor, Paul gave me some teaching tips,
suggestions rather than telling me what to do. Paul had given me some ideas
on how to handle slow learners. We even talked about several activities that
might be suitable for mixed ability classroom. Besides, I really enjoyed the
sharing session with all the other English teachers. It really helps bridging the
generation gap because it is really hard to be a young teacher in this school
and to be surrounded by all the senior teachers. Also, I really want to see
again my mentor demonstrating an activity in the classroom. It is like an eye
opening experience for me because before this I never had a chance to
observe other teacher. So far it has been a great experience for me to be
involved in this program. I really look forward to working with my mentor in the
coming months.