[Week 7] house keeping~ completing the first module.

It is the 7th week already. time flies so fast and we only started with module 1. It is already half the semester. It must be very busy by the end of the semester which only another 8 weeks. wheww~  

We need to work on this module. Although it is quite unfamiliar to each of us, this basic technology skills are crucial.

As teachers, this is the challenge!

we have quip ourselves with all the technology skills and knowledge. so that, later on in future, we can apply it in our teaching and learning process.

maybe i should stop whining and moaning and start focusing on the module? yeahh~ i guess i better do that.. see you guys next week ya..~

[Week 6] The grand arrival of the module.

Assalamualaikum WBT, hi all.. how're you? so, now we're in week 6.. 

Finally, the so called 'module' which has been mentioned by Pn Foziah has arrivedddddd~ only now I have a better picture of what I am suppose to do with the module. The first module is about Computer and Internet Skills. 

                                               

so basically i'll be indulging my self into the world of ICT. and surfing the internet to the max!!

it's interesting because it's my first time doing the

[step by step on how to get something/information from the internet]

i'll show you some of the step that i did...

which involved...tada!!!

1- The used of internet obviously it's internet skills honey..

2- Searching for things online like MP3, pictures, animation and etc..

3- The best part of it is"PRINT SCREEN"hahah...I get kinda excited.

[dont laugh at me it's been like forever i did do this kind of things, i remember the last time i

did it was like when i was form 5 haha...]

4- Here are the print screen that im all EXCITED ABOUT"

5- Actually, all this print screen and everything are part of my assignments in "internet modules"..

6- I will be doing a lot of "this" for this course...[i hope i will never get tired of doing this hehe]

7- Just bear in mind that this is only the first part of it...there would be 4 other elements to go!!! 

[Week 5] technological vs non technological teaching aids

Assalamualaikum WBT. Hye everyone. Another week came~ 

yeahh, look at the title, basically that was what we've been discussed in class last Tuesday. 

Pn. Foziah gave us a task in which required us to design and prepare teaching aids for Year 1 up to Year 6 in pairs. She asked us to work with different gender so that we can change brilliant ideas with one another. I'm working with the dedicated class leader, Hazwan Benjamin Bahak..~ so the topics assigned to us were 

Hello (year 2)

                                                            

                                                            Home Sweet Home (year 3)

                                                            

                                                        Story Time again (year 2).

                                                      

this is a video suitable to teach part of a house like bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen. 

subsequently we have gathered all the teaching aids that can be used for the topics including pictures, songs, slide shows and games. C

ollecting 

 

technological teaching aids make me realize that as a teacher, I have to vary my teaching aids to attract the students. Apart from that, it would be easier to just search online for any related materials to be downloaded or print out. I am not saying that the use of non-technological teaching aids should be stop, but combination of both kinds of teaching aids will make the lesson attractive, achievable and more variety.

Lots of  ,
 

[Week 4] class cancelled~

Hi all, apparently for week 4 the class has been cancelled because Pn Foziah needs to attend a course. Weehuu~ no need to come to UM as early as 10 AM, the class after that starts only at 2 PM. 

Nevertheless, I really should not waste any time since abundance of assignments will fall on my head sooner or later. I'm starting to forget my resolution for this year, i'm procastinating my work.. good job for me!!! now im in BIG TROUBLE.... too many things to do with soo little time.

everything is meeting dateline..whether i like it or not..got to burn my mid nite oil..got to list up what are my priorities every week...Procrastinate is always a dangerous poison for a student. I am trying soo hard to avoid that.. chiayyokk sarah~! 

[Week 3] Presentation > Teaching English in the Primary Classroom

This lesson was different with the previous classes because Pn.Foziah told us to sit in a group and prepare for a presentation after receiving our text book entitled ‘Teaching English in the Primary Classroom’ by Susan Halliwell.

Then Pn.Foziah told us to open chapter 1 which is ‘Working with Young Language Learners’. Since chapter 1 consists of six subtopics, all of us were divided into 6 groups and each group took one subtopic. My group was assigned to take the second subtopic entitled ‘Children’s creative use of limited language resources’. So, six of us divided ourselves into 2 small groups after reading that part. Three of us prepared for the power point presentation while the other three browsed for additional information as Pn.Foziah asked us to insert the URL as our referent if we quoting others information from the internet. Based on this subtopic, I understand that children are very creative in using grammatical forms and concepts for example a four years old British child said ‘don’t unring’ the phone and ‘switch off the dark’ when he wanted the light put on.

These are the 6 components:

Children's ability to grasp meaning: For young learner, they usually make sense of their learning if teacher teach concrete vocab items that include well-illustrated teaching aids. These meaningful learning experiences make children enable to grasp meaning easily.

Children's creative use of limited language resources: Children's vocabulary is very limited. Therefore, young learner initially learn chunk of language@baby talk in an unanalyzed way. They are trying to use as creative as possible their limited language resources in order to make others get the meaning and as a way of communication with others.

 Children's capacity for indirect learning: Learning occurs in 2 ways-direct & indirect learning. Children often appear to learn in indirect experiences. They acquire certain knowledge and skills subconsciously. The best part of children learning is when they have some fun during TnL process. Creating a non-threatening atmosphere is very essential for them.

 Children's instinct for play and fun: Children like to play. Having fun is the best thing that happened in their life. Thus, learning in a fun environment helps them acquire knowledge better.

 The role of imagination: Children who actively use their imagination gain lots of benefits such as playing collaboratively and become a creative-thinking person.

 The instinct for interaction and play. Children always want to interact and play. Hence, their instinct can be used in educated way to engage learning in them.

The discussion was completed by creating a slideshow for the given topic. we were asked to create a slideshow in order to explain the given topic. we need to present our finding and discussion. but, due to limited time and some 'interesting event' happened,we were unable to present our topic.


Lots of  ,