During my second teaching practicum, I had a hard time giving instructions to my students and eliciting information from them. Being a novice teacher, I had to improve myself to ensure optimal performance in the classroom in the future. The management of the teaching and learning process course opened my eyes to various techniques that I can use in the classroom to give instructions and elicit information from students. it also encouraged me to look for other techniques to vary my arsenal. Instructions are vital in learning. Failing in giving clear and correct instructions like making them complicated or giving them while not having students ‘attention first will result in confusion as is confirmed by Jimalee Sowell´s paper that I read during the online course. But, there are some other tips related to the teacher´s behavior that can help while instructing. such as, eye contact which was a major hindrance to my performance during the second teaching practicum. While I was teaching, I t...