MBI~ just before Ramadhan...

Interesting people on board!

Many thanks for my friends who loves to participate...

Aizul, Husni, Cikgu Nordin, Norma and her brother, Shaileen, Izzati, Azyan, Mashitah, Mr. Mariti

and for the rest of the participants...(I'm sorry I didn't get to know your names) thanks to you too for making the environment lively and less intimidating...(I do feel it sometimes)

Published are your work from session 4,5 and 6. Thanks for sharing.

Don't we just love GO so much? ^_^

Pollution GO

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Extreme sport GO

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Vocabulary activity using a graphic organiser

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Task on GO

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Reading session 5 task 2

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Picture perfect!

Congratulations my friends!

The return of the MBI course after a short semester break.

As usual session 4,5 and 6 focuses on the Graphic Organisers (GO) and how it can be applied in the classtoom. The session kick of with the introduction to the GO followed by vocabulary activities design and presentation.

Thank you friends for your patience and participation. Although we have some technical mishap every now and then.

These are some of the presentations from the batch and I hope the discussion will benefit all.

Cheers!

GO on donation

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GO on Global warming

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GO on Daffodils

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Thanks a Million!

Dear friends,

Thank God....

Thank you....

Another lesson plan on reading from Norashikin was received today. I couldn't thank enough although the session for reading has ended, my friends didn't forget their promise. It is certainly a motivation for me to upgrade myself and I am hoping for more sharing and caring in the future!

Have a nice day, Cheerio and Enjoy!

Reading lesson plan (1)

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More activities!

At last, the presentation from Kamarul's group has arrived...hehe

Let see what they have in store for us...

Thank you!

Sharing is caring...

Vocabulary activities using the graphic organiser

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Graphic Organizer in Action

I received another vocabulary activity from Azhar, Norzita, Khadijah, M.Nasir (sorry, i didn't get your name) and friends...(i wish Norzita could email me their names)

Thanks a lot!

Graphic organiser for_vocab_1

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Vocabulary in Action

Thank you to

•AHMAD ZAHIR BIN HUSSAIN

•IRWAN FAHMY BIN ANUAR

•NOOR FAZILAH BINTI ISMAIL

•KHAIRUS BINTI MUSTAFA

•MAHIZON BINTI MAHAMUD

•NOORAZALIA IZHA BINTI HARON

for their wonderful presentation...

The flow of the presentation is as follows:

Landmarks everest wardcam_a

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Teaching vocab

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Multiple meanings

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Reading is....

Phase Two...once again for the third time...

Ideas are needed...to improve ourselves and to help others...

Please, don't hesitate to share!

Samples of reading lesson plan and vocabulary activities

Dear friends,

I have uploaded the presentations for all to view. The credit belongs to those who were involved in developing the slides. Thank you for your hard work.

Reading lesson plan

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Vocabulary Activity 2

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Vocabulary Activity 1

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Vocabulary Activity 3

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Reflection...

An anonymous:

" I have learn to get to know my new friends/teachers. They were friendly and helpful through the slot KNOWING YOU KNOWING ME. I have bought a new laptop of my own. I could learn the settings from my students. They are more computer literate than their teacher. I have to learn to be expertise in using the hardware and the software from my new laptop ACER 4740 model. I learn to get more language input from the Internet and not rely on my textbook and workbooks..."

TEACHERS ALWAYS GO ALL OUT....even at the extend of buying new laptop!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL TEACHERS of the 3rd batch!

Problems? We got a lot....

Problems....

Nobody can run from it. Therefore...we have to face it.

Our friends identified some of the problems they encounter in their reading classroom.

1. Limited vocabulary

2. Pronunciation problems

3. Lack of interest in reading

4. Lack of prior knowledge

5. Poor reading aloud skills

Hashimi found his student tendency to find meaning for every word they come across. He developed a technique which is very interesting...

consider this..

sdfgasjfhg car dhfsdh lorry edjfhsf KM6 ejfhe hospital.

what do you think it meant?

do you need to understand every word for the message to be conveyed?

:-D

Presentation time!

Our MBI friends are going to showcase their vocabulary activities based on the GO this morning. I hope to receive emails on the materials so that I can post it here for others to view.

Let see what happen.

Good Luck!

Padilah and friends are the last one to present... :-P

"Kisses are forever" xoxo... very touching...

Murizah and Khairulbariyah representing their group.

Mas Zulaifa, the serious technician... :-D

We think our friends did a great job by presenting with the slides although we have limitations...

cooperation is the key to success...

Hello to our new friends...

It is nice to be back for MBI course and meet new friends. Yesterday was a great and productive day for our new friends.

They agreed on David Wilkins idea "Without grammar very little things can be conveyed, without vocabulary, nothing can be conveyed".

Some of the ideas...

Ms. Anita, Mr. Tan and Mr. Alauddin in serious mode.

Welcoming new friends to MBI course!

Salam and Hello,

We had fun with the first batch of the course. We learnt a lot from each other and we shared ideas on topics presented in the module as well as exchanging valuable tips on teaching and learning approaches in class. Thanks a lot and we hope to see you again some other time. We miss you already!

As for now, we are excited to welcome our new friends on Monday!

note: Thank you Supardi, for the picture.

Lesson Plans

Sharing... that what its all about...

Kindly post your lesson plan here so that we can pool our expertise and put it into good use. Its also good as it gives you some ownership of it so that the other batch of the course will have to quote you as a reference...if they decide to copy or improvise yours...

Check out Asri's!

Amiza and friends emailed me their materials for the vocabulary activities..

Reflection time!!

its wrapping up session...

my fellow coursemates are rather quiet this evening. They are cracking their heads on the reflection...hehe

The reflection needs to answer some of these questions

1. What have I learnt?
2. What changes can I make in my classroom?
3. What do I find most useful in this course? Wny?
4. What challenges did I face in this phase?
5. How useful were the resources?

Ok... Have fun!

Problems of teaching reading in the classroom

The teachers highlighted some of the problems and challenges they encounter in their reading classroom. The problems are identified in order to understand and reflect on their teaching practices.

1. Limited vocabularies
2. Lack of interest in reading
3. Poor background knowledge
4. Students' proficiency level
5. Lack of prior knowledge on the reading topic
6. Low confidence level
7. Poor learning strategies
8. Students' attitude such as laziness, high dependency on the teacher's input
9. Pronunciation
10. Linguistic deficiency-problems in understanding



Norlida, Asliza, Suraya and Norazilawati claimed that teachers' limited time in preparing the lesson plan also one of the contributing problem to their reading classroom. Other weaknesses highlighted on the teacher's part are inappropriate materials selection and limited interaction with the students.

Anisah and the guys also mentioned a controversial statement-students understanding are exam oriented.. hmm...do i got it right? Danger...its war zone if we are talking about our exam oriented culture..

Working with Words part 2

Read, read and read...the task for today. Hopefully everybody is up to it. The module look into Allen's work in his book rather extensive.

This evening, there will be presentation by the teachers. Hopefully they can put up their vocabulary activity on this blog...

Remember to write your group members name so that the Oscar wont go to somebody else! ;-)

Working with Words in the Reading Classroom

The Phase Two has just begun...

29 English Language (EL) teachers from the Secondary school in Perlis will undergo a three day course starting today...

Many more will later involve in this course in the future.

This blog is set up to accommodate information regarding this course, materials and feedback from the participants.

The morning session started with reflection on the teacher's teaching practices in their reading classroom...having done that, changes are outlined in hope of a conducive reading classroom.



The session move on for the teaching of reading with the focus on vocabulary. The teachers identified the importance of teaching vocabulary and look into some issues in teaching vocabulary.

To be continued...