Thinking Out of the Box but Working Along

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Thinking Out of the Box butWorking Along the Parameter

JENNY KWONG SHUK WAH

(Individual Category)


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INTRODUCTION Practicum is the single most powerful

intervention in a teachers professionalpreparation.

Turney et. al (1982:47)

The aim was to maximize the 12-weekpracticum to enhance the pedagogical

knowledge and competence among the KPLITESL trainee teachers and instil the passionof teaching English in primary school.


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The Trigger Point I still remembered during the second week of

the practicum, Miss Mercy come to me almostin tears telling me that she was stressed and

had no confidence in her own teaching as thepupils corrected her English in the class. Both of them expressed concern that theycould not teach, no ideas how to plan activities

and carry out the activities effectively in theclass.

RFCT/R/1


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The Implementation principles

Thinking out of the box : practicum as

an Action Research.

Working along the parameter : still

adhere to the Clinical Supervision

guidelines


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1st : The Teaching of ReadingUsing Stick Puppets Set induction : Jazz Chant

Use stick puppets to introduce the characters ofthe story

teacher read the story, pupils acted out byholding the stick puppets

answered comprehension questions which wereconstructed based on the Blooms Taxonomy

the reinforcement and production stage wouldbe for the pupils to work in groups, read, actand decide the ending of the story.


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1st: The Teaching of ReadingUsing Stick Puppets SMART (Specific, Measurable,

Attainable, Realistic and Tangible)

objectives.


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2nd: The Teaching of Writing GroupWriting & Immediate Feedback set induction : Rain, Rain Go Away

song

Journalist Method : Wh questions the cooperative learning strategies

the open marking and immediatefeedback

I macro-taught with them as my pupils

I also did the corrections of the writing


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3rd: The Teaching of Vocabulary Mind Map set induction : Hangman game

Pictures to name the four types of weather: sunny,windy, cloudy and rainy.

the three adjectives associated with each type ofweather

the use of synonyms and antonyms

the use of mind map

Multi-level worksheets for exercise the construction of four sentences using four different

adjectives from four different types of weather


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4th: The Teaching of Listening &Speaking The Guessing Game &Public Speaking set induction ; Listen and Draw

listen to ten descriptions of various

places of interest in Malaysia andguess the names of these landmarks

taught the important features ofdescribing places of interest

the pupils to describe pictures oflandmarks


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5th: The Teaching of Grammar Using Table Set induction : real objects

word cards with colour codes on the suffixesofer and est to indicate the change ofspelling

to form a table, the covert method

the irregular comparison of adjectives, the

overt method Word Search Puzzle and multilevel

proficiency worksheets


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Post Implementation of theInnovation The trainee teachers gained tremendous

confidence, improved in their pedagogical

knowledge and became competence in teaching.

They were passionate about their teaching andlearning activities.

Interesting teaching aids

Pupils learnt how to fish instead of eating the

fish

I, as lecturer supervisor constantly reflected and

tried to improve my supervision skills


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The Materials Needed

The materials needed for this innovation

are minimum and involved mainlystationery.


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Cost

This innovation did not incur any cost

on my part as the materials neededwere either provided for by the institute

or purchased by the trainee teachers

themselves.


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Reduced Operational Cost

It did not incur any operation cost as

this innovation was incorporated intothe practicum.


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Time Saving The initial two supervisions took hours as I had

to look through the lesson plans, guide them to

prepare teaching aids, and macro-teach. However, the subsequent supervisions were

shorter and lasted less than half an hour each.

This innovation has proven to help save time in

the long run in helping the trainee teachers tobecome autonomous effective teachers


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The Effectiveness of the Teachingand Learning Now Im not afraid to teach writing anymore. I even teach my other

housemates how to do the marking. I give them more writing, cant wait to mark, bring home to mark, so interesting, a lotof ideas. ITW/TT1

If you want to know how to mark composition, you can come to me.

PPR/TT1 At the end of my practicum,I felt more confident compare to the first

day teaching..(u knew me..im always nervous =)..) the experienceduring practicum made me feel really enjoy teaching..and its totallychange my view of teaching where b4 I thought is only deliverwhatever in the text book. And practicum taught me how to make mylesson enjoyable-of course by using teaching aids =) love to do it till

now. The lesson that I thnk most successful when I taught themabout listening..do u still remember I ask them to draw an alien bylistening to my instruction? I thnk they enjoyed it frm the beginningof the lesson till the end.

SMS/TT2


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Lecturers / pupils satisfactions They are really good. Not using BM (Malay language) to

teach difficult words like scorching, glaring. ITW/TS

When they first came in, they spoke softly in the class. Nowthey speak louder. I can say that this is a sign of gainingconfidence. ITW/TS

I like to write now. but I dont like to write in groups, I wantto write my own. I remember Hangman, ChickenDance, we sing song ITW/P

I like teacher Mercy because teacher is very kind get manyactiviti. I like aktiviti. . ITW/P

before this, I so Boring because dont have game. Afterteacher Mercy come to school, I so very happy because canplay game and can I very clever. pleas teacher become tomy teache inglish. TQC/P


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Other Benefits

This innovation is applicable on other

options such as Science, Mathematics,Physical Education etc.

I have developed a new approach inteaching.

conduct a research on my ownteaching which is currently underway


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Other Benefits (Success Story) Miss Ros who is currently teaching in a

remote school SK Merting, 45-minute

drive away from Jerantut, Pahang. Sheproudly told me that she has helped to

break the school record by producing 7

all As pupils in UPSR last year because

they scored A in English which was

always a problematic subject.


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Conclusion

In my own small way, I did contribute

and help to realise the fifth and fourththrusts of the Education Development

Master Plan.


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Contribution towards PIPP The fifth thrust : Strengthening the

Teaching Profession (Memartabatkan

Profesion Keguruan). The fourth thrust : Bridging of the

Education Gap (Merapatkan Jurang

Pendidikan).


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Thank you.

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