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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.