ENGLISH ..... ENGLISH .... ENGLISH

Based on statement by George (in Asmah Haji Omar, 1978), he states that

“ The reality of present day Malaysia indicates that English is just a subject in the classroom. With a maximum of four hours a week of English Language class, it is impossible to teach the student to acquire communicative competence. This problem is compounded by the fact that communicative competence in the language will fall into disuse the moment the make believe classroom situation end at the completion of the allocated hour. In the end, nothing is achieved for any single skill”

This statement was made in 1978.

It was relevant then and continued to be relevant in the 90’s.

Is it still relevant in the new millineum?

A fool is a person who does the same thing over and over again hoping for new results!

WHO'S FAULT IS IT? CERTAINLY NOT MINE!

Friends, this is the English version of our Malay Bangau Oh Bangau ....

The college professor who said,

Such wrong in the student is a shame,

Lack of preparation in high school is to blame.

Said the high school teacher,

Good heaven, the boy is a fool,

The fault is of course with the middle school.

The middle school teacher said,

From such stupidity may I be spared,

They send him to me so unprepared.

The primary school teacher said,

The kinder gardens are blockheads all,

They call it preparation,

Why it’s worse than none at all.

The kinder garden teacher said,

Such lack of training never did I see,

What kind of mother must that woman be.

The mother said,

Poor helpless child, he’s not to blame,

For you see, his father’s folks are all the same.

Said the father at the end of the line,

I doubt the rascal is even mine!

WE HAVE A DREAM

The dream is about schools where young people are treated with respect and have the opportunity to learn the skills they need for a successful life.

The dream is about schools where children will never experience humiliation when they fail but will instead feel empowered by the opportunity to learn from their mistakes.

It is a dream about schools where students learn cooperation instead of competition, where students and teachers collaborate on solutions.

The dream is about students and teachers helping one another to create an environment that inspires excitement for life and learning, because fear and feelings of inadequacy and discouragement are no longer part of the learning environment.

The end result is an educational system that nurtures young people and gives them the skills and attitudes that will help them be happy, contributing members of society.

YGM

BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE ...

If you can’t be a pine on the top of a hill

Be a shrub in the valley but be

The best little shrub by the side of the hill.

Be a bush if you can’t be a tree

If you can’t be a bush, be a bit of grass

And some highway happier make.

If you can’t be a muskie, than just be a bass

But be the liveliest bass in the lake.

We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew

There is something for all of us.

There is big work to do and there’s lesser to do

And the task we must do is the near.

If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail

If you can’t be the sun, be a star

It isn’t by size that you win or you fail.

Be the best of what ever you are

Douglas Malloch

ARE YOU A BORN TEACHER?

"The born teacher is one who is motivated not just to think, but to think in order to help them think, and also to teach, thereby to learn.
The born teacher has the ability to project his own thinking in a way that engages the thinking power of others".

Mortimer J. Adler