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DAY 6 (Refining Lectures for the Microteaching Session) was held on December 8th and 9th, and DAY 7 (Microteaching Session (Final)) was held on December 15th and 16th.

DAY 6 Refining Lectures for the Microteaching Session
In the previous session, participants practiced how to examine lessons for microteaching and acquired the viewpoints of good lectures. This time, they refined their respective lectures in groups of 5–6, sparing about 30 minutes each.

The following is the procedure for one participant. They repeated this cycle as many as the participants:

• The lecturer-participant gives a 6-min mini-lecture.
• Feedback (3 min): The lecturer-participant receives direct feedback from the group manager (the instructor or an FFP alumnus/alumna). The student-participants fill out their feedback sheets.
• Examination (14 min): Participants have a group discussion on what was good about the lecture and what points needed improvement. The clerk takes the minutes.
• The participant switches to the next one.

Feedback sheets and minutes were scanned before being returned to them.
Also, the lectures were filmed so that the videos would work as a tool for the improvement of lectures as well as the feedback sheets.

DAY 7 Microteaching Session (Final)
We made four groups last time, and each lecturer-participant gave a lecture using his/her own PC to a small audience.
This time, to make the situation similar to the real classroom, we made two groups instead of four and let the participants give refined lectures using a projector to a larger audience.

The following is the procedure for one participant. They repeated this cycle as many as the participants:

• The lecturer-participant gives a 6-min mini-lecture.
• Feedback (3 min): The lecturer-participant receives direct feedback from the group manager (the instructor or an FFP alumnus/alumna). The student-participants fill out their feedback sheets.
• The participant switches to the next one.

The lectures were again filmed, and the feedback sheets, too, were returned.

Participants were given the following tasks as an assignment:

• Good points about the lecture
• Improvement points about the lecture
• What you learned from others
• Free comments (optional)

They were required to submit the above (via Google Form) and the final version of the class design sheet, lecture slides, and others.

I found many mini-lectures dramatically improved based on the feedback they received on DAY 6.
What you can acquire from this program is very limited, but I believe that experiencing the careful work of improvement is important as a core of one’s attitude in designing classes in the future.

That’s all for this year, and the next DAY 8 is the only session left. Time flies.

(Kurita)