In line with the Ministry of Education
to ensure that preschool teachers can use English as much as 50 percent in
teaching and have greater confidence to speak in English, the English Language Workshop
program was created.
This workshop requires all preschool
teachers to be divided into small groups that will be supervised by a mentor.
The workshops are conducted throughout Malaysia that involves all preschool
teachers. The workshop was really good to strengthen the use of English
language for preschool teachers and they will be more confident to teach in
schools.
However.. it is hoped that the
workshops which is run by a mentor which was selected and refined to create a
session that is fun and not boring to the participants. This is because the
workshop normally held in the evening after school. During that time, it’s
usually quite sleepy and need more activities that will refresh the eyes.
For Zone Keramat Kuala Lumpur, two
centers were established, which are SK Kementah and SK Setapak Indah. Both
centers were selected for representing Zone Keramat because the mentors were
from these schools, which are Cikgu Nurul Huda and Cikgu Roslaili.
The Activities
On the first day of the meeting on
June 24, 2014, among the activities included was an introductory session between
participants and mentor. All participants are required to tell a story about themselves
and think of an adjective representing them. Selected adjectives must begin
with the first letter of the participants. For example "Ainalita - Amazing".
When the activities are carried out,
a lot of styles can be seen among the teachers when speaking in English.
However, they desperately tried and dare to speak even not that fluent. This
shows that Keramat’s preschool teachers were very eager to learn and willing to
accept criticism if they made a mistake or spoke the wrong sentences.
Then it was my turn to tell about my
own background and what to expect throughout this workshops I began by
telling them about my name, school, family, and finally my expectations from this
exciting workshop. All the teachers also hoped that they will be more confident
to speak in English when they finished attended this workshop which will end in
October 2014
Other than that, the most exciting
activity of the day was that all participants were required to mention one adjective
that representing themselves. Many adjectives that could be heard such as
"sweet", "nervous", "relax "," confident
"," amazing " and lots more. After we completed the activity, we
were asked to write our hopes and feelings on a small piece of paper and pinned
it to a tree made by polystyrene.
The second activity is a talk about
English Language workshop presented by Cikgu Roslaili Mustapha. The talk begins
with an introduction, objectives, and activities to be carried out during the
meeting, and the findings of the school inspectors on the use of English
language by preschool teachers.
Pre-test
After the presentation, were told
that a pre-test will be given. All of them seemed to be surprised and pounding.
We were given one hour to undergo the test. Questions were divided into two
divisions, namely:
Section A: Objective Questions
Part B: Pictorial Essay
All participants seem to be concentrating
on the test and feel a bit difficult to answer them because it has been a long
time since they sat in any exam.
After completing the test,
participants were allowed to go home at 4.45pm.
The next meeting is after the Hari
Raya Aidilfitri holidays and what activities will be carried out will be
described in the next post ..
