today's class was the fourth class in this sem. nothing much that we could do during the 3 hours period. it is because the internet connection was down and we could not do the tutorial assigned since we need the internet access. so, ma'am decided to group us in several groups of 6 and she assigned us to discuss about several topic in the book entitled"Teaching English in the Primary Classroom" by Susan Halliwell. We need to prepared power point presentations for each of the topic. as for me, the power point presentation will increase our confidence level since we need to present it in front of the class. furthermore, the presentation session will encourage and practice us to use the English language.
This practice will be a very good way in brushing up our proficiency in English. plus, the notes and point consist in the power point slides will be very useful for us when comes to the exams and tests. we just need to download all the points in the power points prepared by out groups and the other groups through the skydrive in Pn. Foziah's windows live. so, these were the early preparation by Pn Foziah for us in the future by assigning us to the the power point slides. Thanks a lot ma'am. it surely will benefit us all
throughout the discussion, our lecturer, Pn Foziah had monitor and facilitate us. she will come and ask the progression of each group. that's what a teacher should be. we were not only assigning the task to the students but also responsible in monitoring and facilitating the students' works and progress. that's one of the examples that showed by Pn. Foziah for us as future teachers. then, she told us that, we need to teach the students not only academically but also spiritually and emotionally. it is because, we a good students possess good academic, spirits and also emotions. they need to balanced all these factors in order to succeed in their life. thats how we, as future teachers "build" and "prepare" the "modal insan" for the our nation.
i thinks thats all for now.. i'll update more next time...daaa~~~
my group and i were assigned to write a summary on the topic in the Year 3 English text book. Just want to share our summary with all of you.hopefully it will be a very good guidance for us, the future teachers in doing and preparing lessons for the students.....
In this unit, pupils will talk, read and write about different types of homes. For examples, double-storey house, condominium, bungalow, longhouse, kampung house and terraced house. They will also talk, read and write about parts and objects in a house such as bathroom, bedrooms, kitchen, bath tab, sink, pail, pillow, bed sheet, refrigerator, stool, cooker and many more. Furthermore, they will also talk and read about numbers. Teacher will teach them about numbers using the house numbers in the house address. Next, they will learn about on how to use ‘s’ and ‘es’ to names of objects. After that, they will learn to say and pronounce words with sounds like ‘sit’, ‘seat’ and ‘sleep’. They will also sing a song and write a poem about house in the end of Unit 1.
UNIT 2 – MY NEIGHBOURHOOD
For Unit 2, the pupils will talk, read and write about buildings, places and signs. They will learn about several buildings such as mosques, churches, temples, cinemas, malls and so on. For places, they will learn about some places like Parliament House, National Mosque, National Museum and etc. Whereas for signs, they will learn signs such as the toilet, stop and exit sign. After that, they will talk, read and write about locations and directions. They will learn the preposition words such as behind, in front of, etc that shows the direction. Then, they will also learn on how to say and pronounce words which have the ‘fr’ and ‘fl’ sounds as in ‘fresh’ and ‘flag’. Lastly, at the end of Unit 2, they will have to make a building using boxes. Teacher will explain the steps and using their creativity; they can build and create their own building.
UNIT 3 – SEA WORLD
In this unit, the pupils will firstly talk, read and write about sea creatures and seafood. They will read a poem entitled “In the Sea” and name the sea creatures in the poem for example sailfish, stingray, angelfish and so on. Besides that, they also will talk about sea creatures they see in photographs and the Waterworld Park. The activities involve describing the fishes and comparing the sea creatures using superlative “ier”. Pupils also w
ill answer comprehension questions on “Dolphins”. Pupils also will talk and read about fishing in this unit where they will learn what tools fishermen use to catch fish such as net and fishing rod. They also will learn and talk about their favourite seafood dishes like fish curry, sweet sour crab, fried squid and so on. For the third learning outcome, pupils will learn to say words that sound like “shop” and “fish” in the poem entitled “Shhh” such as “dish”, “cash”, and “Trish”. And lastly, pupils will talk about how and why they should keep the se
a clean based on the picture i
n the text book.
UNIT 4 – ANIMALS AND PETS
Unit 4 requires pupils to learn about animals and pets where they will firstly talk, read and write about animals and pets. For this learning outcome, pupils talk about animals around them and also about their pets. They also will learn about the usefulness of animals to them. Next, pupils will talk about animals that cannot be kept as pets such as bear, crocodile and porcupine. Pupils also will learn to use “is”, “are”, “live” and “lives” when writing sentences about pets. Using the poem entitled “Skippy, My Cat”, pupils will learn to stay words that begin with “st” as in “start” and “sk” as in “skip”. Lastly, as round up, they will read about strange but true facts about animals by solving the riddles.
UNIT 5 – ONCE UPON A TIME
In this unit, the pupils will read and enjoy various children stories such as “, The Crabby Crab” and “Raja Nanas”. They will also learn on how to use the words “I”, “you”, “his”, “its” and “theirs” and how to put them in sentences correctly. Besides that, they are also expected to be able to say words that sound like look and shoot. This can be seen in the chants entitled “Three Little Red Hens” which are given in the book. Pupils are also required to pronounce words which have similar characteristics and in this chant, word that have two “o” such as “shoot”, “foot”, “look”, “roof” and “stood”. Next, they will have to rearrange pictures based on certain guidelines and tell the story due to the correct order. Pupils will also be taught to reorganize words and write the correct sentences based on the proper organization. At the end of the unit 5, they will be taught on how to write about pets besides learn how to write story of their own version.
UNIT 6: FUN TIMES
This unit requires the students to talk, read and write about variety of games and hobbies such as collecting stamps, singing, swimming, drawing and so on and so forth. They will also talk and read about interesting places and things in Malaysia. There is also an article about trip to Kota Bharu which they will have to answer the questions provided about the topic. Besides that, they will be learning about time, days and months and how to use the simple past tense form to show past actions. This unit also shares with the students on what is special in every state in Malaysia for example, in Kelantan, they prefer to play shadow puppet or wayang kulit. There will also be a poem which requires the students to say words that end with “s” as in ask and “st “as rest. Last but not least, the pupils will have the chances to play game with their friends where it is based on various things they have learned in the topic earlier.
UNIT 7: WORKING PEOPLE
In this unit, pupils will learn about occupations and ambitious. They will need to talk, read and write about occupations and ambitions. They will learn different types of occupations and differentiate between the occupations by identifying the tools used by the people in their jobs like spanner is for mechanics; stethoscope is for doctors and some more other tools. Besides, they will also learn what people do in their occupations. In the other hand, in this unit, pupils will answer and write riddles using the sentence “Yes, you are” and “No, you are not”. They will also learn about articles like “a”, “an”, and “the” and learn to use and write it in sentences. They will also learn to say words that begin and end with “ch” as in “chairman” and “teach”. The pupils will also talk about ambitions and share their ambitions with their friends. The pupils will also learn how to read poem with correct pronunciation of words.
UNIT 8: BEFORE AND NOW
This unit needs the pupils to talk, read and write about transport, telecommunications and inventions. Besides, in this unit they will learn about the inventors of the transport, telecommunications and other kind of the inventions. Pupils will be able to describe the inventors of the inventions at the end of the unit. They will learn how a place has change over time and also how the way we travel change over time. They will also learn about machines that we use in our everyday life. They will also learn the uses of the machines that we use. Besides, pupils will also learn to write messages and also learn to use the word “this”, “that”, “these” and “those” in writing sentences. They will also need to pronounce words that begin with “pl” as in “plane”, “pr” as in “price”, “cl” as in “cloud” and also “cr” as in “crane”.
UNIT 9: FLORA AND FAUNA
In this unit, pupils will learn about plants and animals or what we also call as flora and fauna. They will need to talk, read and write about these plants and animals. They will learn about plants and animals in the forest and they should be able to name some of the plants and animals that live in the forest. They will also need to chant about tree. Besides that, they will also talk about the uses of trees in the forest and what benefit that we can get from trees. They will also learn that some of the animals are harmful and some are not. In addition, in this unit, they will also learn on how to grow a plant. This could aware them of the need of plant in our life. They will also learn to make questions using “what”, “where”, “how”, “when”, why” and “who”. They will also need to say words that begin with “gr” as in “green” and “gl” as in “glad” in a chant. While they are chanting they will also learn how to pronounce the words.
UNIT 10: BEAUTIFUL MALAYSIA
This unit will make the pupils talk, read, and write about the customs, cultures and celebrations in Malaysia. In the title of this unit itself, we could know that this unit will show about the beautiful of Malaysia. They will learn about citizens in Malaysia and also read about Malaysia. They will also learn about the different customs in Malaysia that make Malaysia a unique place to live. They will also need to read a news about the National Day and discuss their likes and dislikes in Malaysia cuisine. They will learn to use “or”, “but” and “and”. They will also need to say words that sound like “proud” and “crowd”. Basically, this unit is about Malaysia and the citizens. What we do, what we celebrate and what we hold to.
During this 3rd class, my group member and I were also presented a power point presentation on 1.3 topic which is " Children's capacity for indirect learning". This is how my group presentation slides looked like.
This is the 3rd class for this semester. Today we were assigned to download Micheal Jackson last song entitled " Give thanks to Allah". I never heard this song before. so, I was actually excited to listen to this song which was sang by Micheal Jackson, our new brother in Islam. the song lyric is like this >>>>
Lyrics
by : MJ
Thanks to Allah
Give thanks to Allah, For the moon and the stars Praise him all day For what is, and what was Take hold of your imaan(faith) don't give in to shaitan(devil) oh you who believe please give thanks to Allah. Allaho Ghafor Allaho Rahim Allaho yuhib-al-Mohsinin, Houa Khalikona (our creator) houa Razikona (our sustainer ) wa houwa ala kulli shaiin qadiir
Allah is Ghafor, Allah is Rahim Allah is the one who loves al-Mohsinin, He is our creater, He is our sustainer and He is the one who has power over all.
Give thanks to Allah, for the moon and the stars Praise him all day For what is, and what was take hold of your imaan (faith) don't give in to shaitan(devil) oh you who believe please give thanks to Allah. Allaho Ghafor Allaho Rahim Allaho yuhib-al-Mohsinin, houa Khalikona houa Razikona wahoa ala kolli sheiin kadir
Allah is Ghafour Allah is Rahim Allah is the one who loves al-Mohsinin, He is our creator, He is our sustainer and He is the one who has power over all. Allah is the best
That day was my second day for PBEY 3102 subject.In thsi class, Pn, Foziah had explained and assigned many beneficial things to us.
She had also distributed 2 books to us the she had photocopied. We received two book entitled " Preparing and Using Visual Aids for English Language Teaching" and "Teaching English in the Primary Classroom". these two books seemed to be a very good guidance for me as future teachers. hopefully i these books will benefit me a lot. Then, Pn,Foziah, assigned us to read and discuss the subtopic in one of the book which is " Teaching English in Primary Classroom" in group. My group and I was assigned to discuss the subtopic "1.3- Children's Capacity for Indirect Learning". This subtopic was basically about how teacher can turn the children's indirect learning to the teacher's advantage in the language classroom. teacher can assigned task such as "guessing" will be a very good examples since the mind is engaged with the task and is not focussing on the language and the children can aquire the language indirectly.
after that, Pn.Foziah had divided us into 5 groups and we were assigned to do photo editing. Our group leader were assigned some works regarding photo editing by Pn. Foziah. While waiting for the leader to finish the work. we continued discussing on the previous task which is the subtopic.
the new task seemed to be new for me. i never did photo for formal purpose before. i only knew how to edit the photo using "paint" and never knew how to edit the phoo in other programme. This task will be an exploration for me since i will gain lots of new knowledge from the lesson.
Im looking forward for the next class and im very excited to learn this new knowledge. Hopefully it will benefit me a lot..
Today is my first day..lots of things that i gained today. the lectures, Dr Foziah had explained the overview of this subject. now i knew whats is the subject all about. before this i didn't really know about this subject.
Based on Dr Foziah, we will learn about how to do teaching aids for the students. This teaching aids will be as teacher's resources in the classroom..
Despites the overal view of this subject, Dr. Foziah had also advised and reminded us with lots of things regarding being a student in vasity and being a future teacher.
She said that, punctuality is very important as students as well as being a teacher. We need to be disipline ourselves to be punctual as it is one of the criteria of a teacher. this positive attitudes will be a good example for the students.
furthermore, Dr. Foziah had also touched on the ICT skills that we need to learn in her class. She said that ICT skills is very important since it can help and asisst us in our teaching session. we can use our ICT skills to design and create interesting teaching aids and resources that can attract the students interest and attention. She also introduced the ten fingers skill for typing to us. This skill of typing will increase our typing speed and it will save lots of our time.
i think that all for now...Hopefully, when the time goes, i will gain lots more information and knowledge about this subject. this will help in a lot in becoming a very good teacher one day. I.Allah.
