English is FUN Motivational Workshop @ SMK Jengka Pusat

Tom James and Sarah Higgs, coordinated "English is FUN Motivational Workshop" at SMK Jengka Pusat on 17th April, 2015.   After being contacted by Mdm. Nur Assyura Abdul Rahim, the Head of Panel at SMK Jengka Pusat, Tom and Sarah planned the event to demonstrate the importance of studying English as well as how English can be fun.  

The event consisted of three activities: (1) Motivational & Critical Thinking Task; (2) Brainium; (3) Cinema Club.  

In the Motivational & Critical Thinking Task activity, pupils first watched a motivational video and listened to a short talk on the importance of English in the global world. Then they completed a Critical Thinking Task that asked them to think about the importance of English and why English is difficult to learn.  This information can be useful to teachers to help address the pupils' concerns about learning English. 

Next, pupils got to play and have fun with English.  They rotated between two fun activities: Brainum and Cinema Club.  In Brainium, pupils draw word from the cup and roll the dice.  The dice tells them to either "Act It Out," "Draw It," or "Sculpt It."  The pupils try to get their friends to guess their word using the method indicated on the dice.  Cinema Club is a great website that uses movie trailers to teach English.  Pupils got to watch several movie trailers and complete the accompanying questions in a quiz-show style activity.

In addition to having Mdm. Nur Assyura Abdul Rahim assist us during the event, we had the pleasure of having Tom Hanly, TELL2 Mentor from Temerloh, and Shish Kushwaha, from the British Council, volunteer to assist us at the workshop.  A special thanks to all those who helped out at the event!

--Sarah Higgs, Jempol

--Tom James, Chenor