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Sunday, February 29, 2004

Language Camp Report

As a whole, the camp went on successfully. I was in charged of finance and sponsorships. We had sponsors from some generous individuals apart from contribution from our own camp members and the Education Faculty as well. Thus, money was never a problem. Moreover, it did not cost a king’s ransom for this camp to be carried out. The camp was, in fact, very cost effective. It taught us that we need not spend unnecessary large amount of money just for the camp to be successful. The participants, on the other hand, gained a lot from the camp too. Through behavioral observations, it was obvious that the activities conducted in the camp helps the students to develop their language skills. They acquired many new words (plus the correct pronunciation and intonation). Though, the grammatical aspect was hard to determine its success but, I believe, the students will eventually acquire the correct grammatical form of the language if they are to be exposed to English more often such as having language camps such as this. This is due to the fact that this camp provides grounds for them to experience using the language spontaneously in real life situation. The activities provide an enjoyable informal learning atmosphere to the students which help in decreasing their anxiety level. Thus, they were not only highly motivated to try to communicate using the language but also were very confident in their performance. Healthy competition also took place in the activities which encouraged the students to improve themselves even more. Team spirit was inculcated which further promotes the instillation of moral values such as respecting and helping each other. All in all, the participants were satisfied with the camp and enjoyed all the activities conducted. All said and done, the camp met it objectives.

by Deiyanah Deris

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Once again, the hands of Felda Johor and the Education Faculty of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) are joined together, this time making its mark in Felda Tenggaroh 6, Mersing. During the duration of 3 days from the 6th to the 8th of February 2004, the vibrant lives of 24 TESL students from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia intertwined with the young lives of 138 Primary 6 pupils from schools around Felda Tenggaroh, Mersing.
The camp was indeed a joint effort by both Felda and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. The TESL students under the loving guidance of their lecturers, Mr. Ghazali bin Bunari, Miss Fatimah binti Puteh, and Mr. Faruk bin Muhammad arrived in SK Felda Tenggaroh 6, Mersing with enthusiasm and their hearts, prepared to go all out to motivate the Felda students to look forward to learning the English Language via language games and loads of fun! Doubled with the wonderful and extremely warm hospitality of the Felda settlers, who provided the facilitators and lecturers with an unforgettable ‘kampung’ experience, the language camp turned out to be a real success – with lots and lots of really delicious ‘kampung’ cooking, and extra dedicated RELA security!
Shortly upon arrival, the 24 facilitators introduced themselves to the eager faces who were already being seated in hall. The facilitators then presented their group cheer with actions.
After that, everything just sprang into action. The pupils were being divided into their respective groups – Nemo, Mickey, Tazmanian, Garfield, Bugs Bunny, Lilo, Flintstone, Scooby Doo, Snoopy, and Pink Panther. The group facilitators (2 per group) then took charge of all the kids in their own groups throughout the camp.
The groups started off by coming up with their own team cheer, which were all presented in front of all the groups. The cold atmosphere of the first night of the camp warmed up to the excitement and the energy level of the pupils, who were trying to outdo each other with the volume of their group cheers.
The next two days passed within the blink of an eye, with all the fun and the engaging activities throughout the camp. The main feature of the camp that distinguishes it from all other camps of any kind is the amount of language games played. Most of the time, the language games were played in the 10 respective groups, conducted by the group facilitators who were really getting to know each and every one of the kids in their groups. The language games were mostly created and designed by the facilitators themselves, or were adapted from existing language games.
Laughter could be heard from classrooms where the groups take temporary residence as the pupils were busy forming words and phrases based on certain categories (like animals, places, or even language word classes like nouns and verbs), or trying very hard to guess a word based on their friend’s role-playing. Games like Name Game, Tic-Tac-Toe (based on the tic-tac-toe concept), and Perfect Match were played throughout the duration of the camp; with the objective of instilling the interest and motivation to learn the English Language in a fun and less stressful atmosphere. Many facilitators report seeing the kids under their care and guidance getting excited even though some of them may be very weak in English – which is a good indicator that the kids are not so afraid of the language anymore.
Other activities that stand out are the Amazing Race and the Treasure Hunt. Amazing Race was a break from all the language-based activities. Pupils had to go through a few challenges – ‘Mountain Climbing’, ‘River Crossing’, and ‘Tunneling’ where team spirit and sticking up for group members mattered a lot. As for the Treasure Hunt, the pupils had to go from station to station to answer riddles. Well, the kids sure had fun running around with their friends in the group, guessing riddles and the facilitators enjoyed themselves looking at the over-enthusiastic kids who were about 10 years younger than them!
There was also the ‘Building the Tower’ competition, whereby the kids have to build a tower using straws and paper cups, with some of the members in the group being blindfolded. It was a challenge that tests the effectiveness of giving simple instructions in English, and definitely team work.
Besides that, the drama competition amongst group was another activity that drew shy kids out of their shells, and amazing talents out of normal-looking village kids! The pupils were definitely enjoying themselves, acting out their respective roles, and at the same time speaking the language. The kids surely did not realize that they were unconsciously using the English Language while having fun at the same time!
On top of all the fun and ‘unconscious’ use of the English Language, pupils and facilitators had song singing sessions – some kids were literally screaming at the top of their lungs! Amongst the favoured songs were ‘This is what dreams are made of’, and ‘Top of the world’.
Also, to teach the pupils to express themselves in words, every night there would be a ‘Buddy Journal’ session whereby all the pupils had to open their Buddy Journal and write how they feel after going through all the activities and games. During this Buddy Journal session, the group facilitators would be guiding the pupils, especially the weaker kids, encouraging them to express themselves freely without being afraid of making grammatical mistakes.
All in all, the language camp in SK Felda Tenggaroh 6, Mersing, Johor was indeed an unforgettable event for both the TESL students and the Felda community. It is the sincerest hope of the TESL students and their beloved lecturers that the language camp would leave a footprint in each of the 138 pupils – that they will no longer be afraid of the ‘foreign language (English Language), and that they will now view the English Language as a fun experience, and a useful tool for a better future. Before departure from Felda Tenggaroh, all 24 facilitators knew deep down that the Felda settlers had left a precious memory of warm hospitality, and had ‘fallen in love’ with the kids who were so active and eager to learn despite their lack of exposure to the English Language.
Language Camp 6th to 8th of February 2004 was indeed a mark in the history of the English Language teaching profession, and a new beginning for all one hundred and thirty-eight kids, each with their own potential to succeed and master the English Language.

by Angela Kwon


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My contribution for the camp

My job was to make sure the participants and the facilitators follow all the camp rules. I was in charge to get the students into their groups and and queqe up in a straight lines. Most of the time I had to control the crowd with the noise that they made. I need to make sure the students gathered the dining hall in time. We managed to do that but there was an unexpected thing which happened. Some of the facilitators were confused about the shcedule,and that actually affected our pose because the blame was put on us.

by Nur hafiza binti Abu Hanifa

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

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Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Coursework Marks for UHB2332 Sect. 23

Coursework marks presented here assume that everybody got 15 for the online forum. The fact is, the online forum mark is not finalised yet. Thus, some changes might occur later.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Aileen Farida bt. Mohd Adam

Overall I am quite satisfied with the performance of the facilitators of Camp B, although as you said during the first night of post-mortem session, there is still room for improvement. The experience I acquired is beyond words mainly because of the ‘authentic’ students. Honestly, I was unsure of what I was supposed to do before the camp as I was a PRO. I never
had any experience ushering people or handling protocol before but with the help of the others, I was able to complete my job successfully although I do admit, there are some minor slip-ups here and there.
As everyone had warned, there would be unexpected matters that could happen and how right they were. The words ‘key’ and ‘bathroom’ leaves unpleasant memories and those were our only regrets. It is useless to keep
on dwelling on the past regrets so instead we should take those as a lesson; time waits for no man so we should make and do the best of it as we can.

Noraini bt Muhammad

ENGLISH LANGUAGE CAMP 2004

The language camp that was held at Sek. Ren. Keb. Adela, Kota Tinggi had gave me the new and memorable experience. There, I got the chance to take care of real students, handled and conducted them to play the games in the classroom. This experienced was totally different to me, as before I never like camping. Throughout this camp too, I figured out something about myself that I never knew before which is l like kids. They were young, cute, innocent, hyperactive, playful and follow everything that we asked them to do. I was the facilitator for the Remarkable Red group, which was very exhilarating and fun to have fifteen students under me. For this camp, my post was the assistant to the Head of Food. I need to make sure that the food was ready on time and the students had enough food. Before went there, I need to make a schedule for the meals to be given to the people who were incharged with the food at Kota Tinggi. Overall, this camp was an excit ing camp and I'm really looking forward to joint any camp like this again...!

TUAN HABIBAH BT TUAN ALI

LANGUAGE CAMP B
SEK KEB ADELA, KOTA TINGGI
13th - 15th FEB. 2004

The journey to Sek. Keb. Adela that afternoon took about 2 hours and a half. Although it was tiring, I think it would be very worthy and I was so excited to see the children. This is my first experience in conducting such program. My team was Remarkable Red and together with Noraini and Ghandini, we managed to handle the students quite well. Our team won 4 awards altogether. The students were very active, and so eager to play every game we had. The people over there were so nice and hospitable. Overall, although there were many unexpected difficulties happened during this camp, I learned that teamwork and patience can overcome every obstacles. Lastly, i would like to thank Mr. Ghazali, Miss Fatimah and Mr. Faruk for giving me this opportunity to participate in this Language Camp.

Nazatulshima Binti Mustafar

Language Camp 2004, would be the greatest experience that I ever experienced as a TESL student. I was the Camp Commander of the Language Camp. In the camp, I was responsible in taking care of the children and the facilitators. It is also my duty to help the director and the committee member in making sure that everything goes smoothly as planned. I would say that the camp was very enjoyable and a memorable one. It is actually our first battlefield as a teacher. It is also our first experience dealing with children. In the camp, I actually had the opportunity to mix with the children and at the same time analyzing the reason why they are not competent in English. After analyzing the children, I found out that the reason why they are not used with the language is that the fact that they came from a poor family and lack of exposure of the language. In my opinion, teachers in rural areas should be more aware of the problem and should try hard in developing the students’ interest in the language. Overall, I would say that the camp is a success, though there were problems. I hope that the future Language Camp will be better and should be able to develop the students’ interest in the target language.



Nur Afzan Izham

Camp B

As assistance secretary, I feel that everyone in the committee had done a good job throughout the camp. They all committed their whole self to the camp. Personally I think that overall the camp was successful as it managed to reach several objectives of the camp, although there were things that needed patching up here and there. Although there were slight misunderstandings among the facilitators, we managed to handle and adapt to the situation there. At the camp I was in charge of registration. We only received the complete name list of students when we got there. We grouped the students evenly and made sure that there were 15 students in o ne group from different schools. Apart from that I am also the facilitator of the group ‘Genius Light Green’. I guided them to do their Buddy Journal and helped them to organize their drama presentation. I am very proud of them as they won 1st place in Message Hunt, 3rd place in Amazing Race, and in their drama presentation and apart from that they also won the most hardworking group. Besides handling my own group I was also in charge of the last checkpoint in the Amazing Race. I really had a blast throughout the camp. The camp taught me about lots of things; it was really an educating experience for me from handling students to teaching them and giving them love and care. I hope that there will be another camp as I am looking forward to gain more experience. Apart from that there is also time for us to patch things up and make the camp run smoothly the next time. I also hope that next time all of the facilitators will have a positive attitude to make it more fu n not only for the students but among the committee members itself.

mexx didie

It was a wonderful experience for me to facilitate primary school students. As a facilitator, I had to consider a lot of things regarding the level of the students and also all our activity there. Overall, I think that most of the facilitators had done a good job in facilitating the students. The students also had given us their full cooperation in achieving our goals for this camp. I could see that most of the students gained a lot of knowledge during the camp and they even speak more English with us. It was a really memorable experiane for me to meet Felda people and they were really nice and friendly.

Lee Hsia Ling

Post: Public Relations Officer
As for preparation before going for the camp, I must attend meetings and help in the preparations for the camp. The preparations for the camp includes; preparing files, students’ handouts, preparing hampers, attending briefing on how to play the games, practicing songs and cheers and others. Besides preparing these materials, I must also be mentally prepared, as I have to understand the games clearly and prepare to carry it out to the students.

My job as a PRO started when I reached SRK Adela. I was the middle person for camp B and the FELDA group of people. As a PRO, I need to know the post for the people in charge in the other organizing committee such as the officers involved in the camp for example the FELDA officers and the people from the SRK Adela. Knowing these people will help me to identify the people in charge of certain job so that I know who to refer to when I need assistance.

One of the things I found out from them was that there were many participating FELDA schools from different districts such as Adela, Sungai Emas, Papan Timur, Air Tawar 1, Air tawar 2, Air Tawar 3, Air tawar 4, Pasak, Keledang, Sening, Tunggal, and Semencu. However, the host for this camp was SK Adela. The people in SK Adela are:

Penyelia petang- En. Selamat Rahim

Teacher- Pn. Sarah

Pengurus Jamuan- Fatimah Yahya

Pengurus Felda Adela- En.Razak

Urussetia Adela- En.Osman



The other people involved in the camp are:

Secretary (Pegawai Pengarah Tunggal)- Puan Zalina

Pengerusi GP- Pn. Aminah Atan

Pengurus Felda Tunggal- En. Jalil

Pengurus Felda Timur- En. Malik Awang

Pengurus Felda Keledang- En. Zainal

Pengurus Felda Semencu- En. Ismail Salleh

Pengurus Felda Sening- En. Razali Husin

The people listed are those who were present in the camp. From what I expected, each district will send their representatives to see how their students were doing in the camp.

My job started when I was asked to find three teachers from the school to be judges for the drama. I went to Pn. Zalina to know who these teachers are. She told me that the teachers would not be in the school most of the time since they were only in charge of the students’ intake. But somehow, I was lucky enough to be introduced to a teacher who was present that time, which was Pn. Sarah. She told me the other two teachers were not there but she will inform them to be there the next day to be judges for the drama.

On the last day was one of the most important days since many officers will be present. My job as a PRO is to welcome the officers upon their arrival and escort them to the hall. Besides that, I need to escort them to their seats and when they are going up and down from the stage. I also need to find out the officers who are going to give out the prizes, inform them beforehand and make sure they are there at the expected time.

In the beginning, I was not clear what I am supposed to do, but I was glad that En. Ghazali and Cik Fatimah have taught me and my friend what to do and how to do it.

Since I have not been a PRO before, I learnt a lot from this post. I learnt how to approach people, how to start a topic, and how to ask and inform them in a polite and correct way. I found this post interesting and I am glad I was given this post.

Besides being a PRO, I was also a facilitator. Being a facilitator has given me some idea of a teacher’s job since we have to control the students and guide them how to play the games. I must also take care of their physical state (health), their well-being (discipline) and also their feelings (whether they are feeling sad, happy, or lonely). We work in pairs to make sure everything is under control. We had to prepare the materials beforehand and group the students. Besides that, time management was a main concern since we have to conduct a few games in the restrictive time and keep the students’ interest and motivation going throughout the games. We must also be punctual when we were supposed to go for break or go to the hall for gathering.

In my group, my students expressed their liking towards us for teaching them how to use English, either in written or spoken. They somehow started to like English and felt motivated to continue learning English. They think that we are smart and somehow became their role model. My students had certainly surprised me and made me proud since they won first prize for Amazing Race.

As a conclusion, we have certainly achieved the camp objectives. We were able to motivate the students to learn English and foster the love of the English Language. This will provide a good starting point for the students to like English and avoid the biasness of English as a difficult subject to score. Besides that, we get to apply and practice the learning theories learnt in the class for all these years. I truly enjoyed this camp and it will be the most unforgettable experience I had in UTM.


ROSFIDYATIE BT MAT RIFIN

ENGLISH LANGUAGE CAMP REPORT
Venue:Felda Adela,Kota Tinggi
Date:13-15th Feb 2004

that was my first time attending an english language camp, and i just cannot believe that i am the facilitator of those kids. the camp had taught me a lot of things. i've learned how to face the students; how to teach, how to handle them and how to give them spirit to learn english! although i was tired with all the activities held there but at the end of the day, i felt its all worth it...and now, i really miss them all.if i'm given one more chance to attend the camp, i just cannot say NO.

INDRA A/P RAJOO

In this camp, I was the head of cleanliness. I was assigned to buy the big black rubbish plastics to be used during the camp. Anyway, the committee managed to get them through some sponsors later. We had a very good preparation before hand for the camp. All the committee members were so dedicated and responsible toward their job.

During the camp, all the works were divided equally and fair among the facilitators. It helped us to focus in our work properly and not to get confused of what we are supposed to do. I made sure that the whole place was clean. The students felt very comfortable and gained good knowledge and experience.

SUBAHSHINI DEVI A/P SANMUGAM

I was selected as Head of Transportation for this camp. As Head of Transportion, my duty was to arrange bus for us to go there. After two days of dealings with Harta Bina my duty is settled. (before the camp)
During the camp I was incharge as facilitator for Pink Panther's group. There were 13 students under Pink Panther and my duty was to ensure that everyone is following all the activities without any confusion. I was also incharge of "Word Association" game.
For The Amazing Race Jimmy and I were incharge of throwing flour at the students. This was really fun as both of us were chasing the students to throw flour at them.
After the camp, everyone helped each other to clean and carry the luggages to the bus. The camp was really fun and I enjoyed myself with the kids there eventhough it was a little bit tiring.

Yap Wai Yee

I felt great and enjoyed the 3 days 2 nights camp althought I was very tired these few days. This is the first time I worked as facilitator; I was assigned the post as head of cleanliness. My role is to make sure the place is cleaned after each activity. During the camp, there was a “Garbage Buster” competition; the students were encouraged to pick up the rubbish whenever they see any rubbish on the floor. The purpose of this competition is to motivate the students to prese rve cleanliness. I found it this competition was very effective because the school was cleaned and there was only had little rubbish that I could see. The winner for this competition belongs to “Remarkable Red”. It is judged based on the heaviest of the garbage. A part from that, I have learnt how to conduct language games and camps. It is a team work, we need to cooperative with each others in order to run this camp smoothly and successful. Lastly, the objective of this camp is to inculcate the students’ interest in learning English and do not see it as a burden subject.







Ghandini

First and foremost and would like to take this opportunity to thank all my beloved course mates for giving me this golden chance and putting full faith in me to hold the “GAME MASTER” post. When I was first giving this post frankly I was very nervous, as I knew that I had to play an important role before and during the camp. As the Language Camp mainly emphasized on Language game as a weapon to foster love for the language, I knew I had to do a careful decision in choosing the games to be played. Nevertheless, after the selection, with the guidance of Mr G, the Director of the camp, Azuro and I decided on the eleven different games to be played during the Language Camp.



My main duty assigned before the camp was to prepare the student handout, and later the facilitator manual which was done all in a rush due to the examinations that we had a week before the camp and even a few days before the camp. However I strongly believe, once the torch of responsibility is given to us, as future a future educationist, I would always want to do my best and make use of whatever talent that I have to give best. However, honestly I was motivated in doing my duty as a Game Master before and during the camp sincerely as I took it as a selfless service, which I could do for the children at the FELDA. Only when we do our duty wholeheartedly, we will achieve a fruitful result. All these was achieved when I arrived at the FELDA ADELA and played my role as a game master and a facilitator for the “Remarkable red team”. It was indeed an enjoyable experi ence being there with the children, conducting the games with them and seeing the eagerness to win and joy in their eyes to play all the interesting games. In addition, I would like to thank Azuro for giving me the responsibility to conduct the newspaper chase game. I was really worried whether I could actually gather 10 sets of the similar newspaper for the game. However with the blessing of the divine lord, I managed to purchase 12 copies of the sun newspaper. Overall, I think I had fun watching the children look for the 15 items listed down on the paper. On the other hand, before I left for the camp I was very curious to actually handle real school children, as this was my first experience doing so. Before this, most of the teaching methodologies that we have learned have been only read or thought during our lectures. However this Language Camp has given us lots of input and strapped us all into our seats before we start our first journey in the teaching field this coming Mach.

Finally, I would just want to add in some of my personal comments on this camp. Firstly, I truly feel that using language games in the classroom is definitely an ingenious methodology that can be used by other English Language teachers throughout Malaysia to develop and improve the standard of the language. As we teach the children the language through games such as Tic Tac Toe, Word chain, Charade, Stop Box, therefore the children will slowly but in a very willingly manner learn the new words or the use of the language and the message we imbibe in into them during the lesson. All in all, I am very thankful to god for giving me this wonderful, exciting, challenging experience, as I would never forget the beautiful three days that I spent in the FELDA ADELA with the children. Last but not the least, in every camp that we attend, I always believe there will be some sort of bene ficial new experience, which will be attained by the participant, facilitators, organizers and even advisers. Each camp is a new journey for us. Hence, I have taken this as my starting point to my pathway toward being a “FUTURE EDUCATIONIST” (teacher).

Special Thanks to MR.G, Cik Fatimah Putih ; my Academic Advisor (P.A), Azuro, Anis and not forgetting all my fellow friends who put their heart and soul to make this camp a successful one………….THANK YOU ALL……………..

“Oioio Ice Ice Ice….Waahhh”



Written by: Ghandini Vijayasuriar , 3SPL

Lee Jun

Report For English Language Camp


I have three main objectives to be achieved personally in this camp after I know my students’ level of English. I am very happy that I have attained all these three objectives.

First, my students have intermediate level in reading, writing and listening English language. However, they have problems in speaking English. My aim is to see them to be able to speak in English spontaneously. As the result from this camp, they won the drama (2nd place) without having any written script.

Second, I want to make my students to become independence learners. Again, I am able to see the result. The students could spot our purposeful errors and corrected them accurately. For example: “ambulans” to “ambulance”. They are able to have self error-checking skill now.

Third, I want to apply students-centered teaching method. All the activities in classroom must involve students actively. As the result, we have score 14/15 for paper chase game, where students read the instructions in English publicly, and able to give the correct answers for every instruction.

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Lee Jun

ELC REPORT by Wardah Salim

A week before the camp I felt very happy and excited. I can?t stop from thinking what would be out there. But that week is not a perfect week for me. My grandmother had passed away and I got fever 2 days from our departure. Everything was so tensed but I still hope my days at Felda will give me an unforgettable memoirs. Friday, everything was ready, but the bus was late and me, still fighting with my fever and sadness. The journey was quite far and I felt very tired. But everything seems to change when we arrived there. Everything was unexpected. Before the camp, we had been told that the school where the camp will be held was small but now, such serene and peaceful scenery and the school was also quite big enough. First day of the camp nothing much happen but I get to know with my group members who are quite cooperative and I took that time to build a relationship with them. I have tried my best to be a good facilitator and my partner also was great. We managed to cooperate each other to handle the students. Well, it seemed that our efforts paid off when we become the best group for drama presentation. What I can say here is never under estimated Felda students as they can be someone that you can be proud of. Although the camp was tiring but I really enjoyed it!

Tuesday, February 17, 2004

SK Felda Tenggaroh 6, Mersing Johor by Nurul Akmal Hassan

The camp had given me some valuable experiences and memories. The camp was successful by the efforts from all people. Being a facilitator was a very wonderful experience, although it was tiring. For me, the tiredness was paid when I said goodbye to all the students. Watching their sad faces and greetings of thankful touched my heart deeply. All I hope is that the students had gained some useful knowledge as well as the most valuable experience throughout the camp. Lastly, I really hope that I will get one more chance to conduct such camp in the future.

Reflection paper about language camp A by Marianti Mohd Suhaimi

Personally, I think that I really enjoy this camp because I felt so happy through out this camp. From this camp, I have gained a lot of new experiences that can possibly help me in the future. I can also test my ability to handle little students and dealt with their behaviours that are different from ours. This camp has taught me to be more responsible and work hard in order to make things become successful. Cooperation is also important when it comes to group work like this. Actually, this camp asked us to work together as a team and try our best to make everything works well. I wish that I could have the opportunity to organize this kind of camp again in the future because it has given me a lot of sweet memories and it also shows our team spirit. Thank you to Mr. Ghazali that has helped us to make this camp works successfully. Not to forget, congratulations to all the organizing committees of language camp A 2004! We have tried our best and we hope that we can be the best!

Report by Mahfuzah

First of all I would like to thank all of the members in Camp A,the lecturers especially Mr. Ghazali, Miss Fatimah and Mr.Farouk.It was a good experience that I've enjoyed it so much.Being with the kids brought me back to my childhood memories.I was assigned to be the facilitator to Bugs Bunny's group.There were 13 of them altogether.They were so great that we've made a great team together.We've won three prizes and the kids were so glad that I was their facilitator.They said that they started to love English.That was really great because that's what one of the objective of the English Language Camp was held.Finally,Thank you very much.May Allah bless us all.

Report on English Language Camp by Aifaa

The English Language Camp held at Felda Tenggaroh 6 was by far the best experience that I've ever had. The journey that nearly took 3 hours was rather exhausting but the whole experience that I got there was worth all the time in the world. I was assigned as the facilitator for the first group. My dearest Garfield teams. Even though we only manage to win only one game which is the Garbage Busters but it taught them (and also me!) a lot about patience and team work. Honestly speaking, I discovered a lot about myself that I never even knew existed. For example, my close bond with the kids. Before this, I really dislike little kids and being there makes me look at myself in a new perspective altogether. I would like to take this opportunity to extend my greatest gratitude to Mr. Ghazali and Cik Fatimah for giving us the chance to experience the wonderful moments there at Felda Tenggaroh 6. Thank you.

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

ELC by Ang Chiew Chuan

First of all, the camp was indeed a very wonderful and educating experience. As a facilitator for one of the groups, I had some difficulty adapting to their level but in the end, I managed. Their level of English was astonishingly much better than what I had expected and all in all, it was a very fruitful experience. As the safety and security supervisor, there were not many casualties and thankfully most of the casualties were minor. As the unofficial Game Master, most of the facilitators did not encounter any problems due to the adequate explanation before the camp. -jimmy Ang Chiew Chuan

ELC Report by shahazatul maslina

As a Public Relation Officer, I have to deal with people who involves in the camp. When we were planning the camp, I have to deal with people at the faculty, harta bina, and also lecturers to find sponsors. when we execute the camp, I have to deal with lots of people especially the teachers of SK Tenggaroh 6 and also the community of Felda Tenggaroh 6.
The position gave me the opportunity to met with lots of people with different background.
It makes me realize that I have a lot of things to learn. The education that I received through lectures alone wont be able to complete me as human being.

Report from adlina mohamad

What more can I say. It had been one of the most wonderful experience in my life. It teaches us a lot of things. Feeling the love and care towards these innocent children. We worked really hard in bringing up the camp.Whatever the results are, I am happy and proud to be a part of the camp, as it teaches and gives me a valuable experience, and it brings us all the teslians closer than ever. We really miss the breathtakingly beautiful place, with it's kind and gorgeous people there.

Monday, February 09, 2004

Report of language camp A- Tiow Sing Pei

Well, i have to admit that i have learned a lot from this language camp. As a facilitator of Snoopy Group, i have learned how to handle kids which i have no experience before that. Kids need motivation to encourage them in using English, they needed to be praised and too, we need to lower down our level in order to suit their proficiency level. To make them understand of the games, what they need are more than mere instructions but also demonstrations before they can get the idea of what the game is. As the head of Sponsors of the camp, i also realised that finding funds to make the camp sucessful was a tough job, but with the help of the community members, we have create a miracle. Thanks to everyone, our lecturers, FELDA, the organising community, we have made it! And i have to say this camp really drew us closer to each other and cooperation is the most powerful too l!

From Azlina

I’m in charge of registration. But since the FELDA did
it, I only have to prepare their files. I have to put
in buddy journal, 15 A4 papers, program book, and
student’s tag in all the files. I’m the facilitator
for group Nemo. I’ very proud of them because they win
for The Most Creative Group, 2nd place for Amazing
Race, 3rd place for Treasure Hunt, 2nd place for
Garbage Buster and 1st place for passing can game.
They are very active and sporting. I enjoyed being a
facilitator even though at first I feel uncomfortable
and awkward mixing with kids. Overall, I like this camp.

From Angela Kwon

The one thing that I would really remember is
facilitating the Garfield kids. Conducting the games
(my favourite being Tic-Tac-Toe), teaching the group
cheer, guiding them during Buddy Journal and songs
session, organizing (and teaching!) them for the drama
was really memorable and an eye-opener.

Also, I was also in charge of the final station for
the Amazing Race (crossing the river), and a
checkpoint during Treasure Hunt. Besides that, of
course, like all facilitators, I helped in cleaning
up, arranging (or keeping) the chairs, and petty stuff
like cutting manila cards or mahjong paper.



The one thing that I would really remember is
facilitating the Garfield kids. Conducting the games
(my favourite being Tic-Tac-Toe), teaching the group
cheer, guiding them during Buddy Journal and songs
session, organizing (and teaching!) them for the drama
was really memorable and an eye-opener.

Also, I was also in charge of the final station for
the Amazing Race (crossing the river), and a
checkpoint during Treasure Hunt. Besides that, of
course, like all facilitators, I helped in cleaning
up, arranging (or keeping) the chairs, and petty stuff
like cutting manila cards or mahjong paper.

From Rachel Tan

From my perspective as an assistant secretary, everyone contributed selflessly to this camp. It was a miracle for all of us when it turned out to be a successful. Despite glitches here and there, all the activities were successfully conducted with some modifications due to time constraint and students’ proficiency but we learnt to work smart and adapt to situations. The entire atmosphere of the camp was wonderful as the facilitators did a superb job in mixing around and making everyone welcome. However, there is still room for improvement in the area of organization and especially in time management.

What I Did During The Language Camp? by JCMarrie Yusof @ Wilfred

I was supposed to be in charged of; the security and safety of the female students, in charged of the ‘Name Game’ and, facilitating the Pink Panther group, together with Subahshini. As the Head of Security, I had to checked the students out all the time, not only for security purpose but also to ensure that they do not skip out any activity. I am really thankful for the teachers (of SK. Tenggaroh 6) and the RELA people because their presence made my job easier.

From Val Jay

The camp was very exciting. I and Lin were the
facilitators for the group Nemo. Altogether we have 13
members but on the second day, one of our group
members fell sick and was sent home. They are a bunch
of active children. We have fun playing all the games
with them. Their level of English is quite okay, they
just have problem with spelling. They like singing a
lot. Whenever we have free time we either write the
buddy journal or sing songs. Nemo is judge as the most
creative group, 2nd in Amazing Race, 3rd in Treasure
Hunt and 2nd in garbage buster.

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Val Jay

A brief report on the English Language Camp A by the Director, Lee Yong Yong

In cooperation with FELDA and sponsored in part by Faculty of Education, University Technology Malaysia, we ran a three days two nights English language camp on February 6, 2004 in SK FELDA Tenggaroh 6, Mersing, Johor Darul Takzim. The following is a brief report on the outcomes of the English language camp.
As the Director of this English camp, I believe that this English Language Camp has been carried out successfully and fruitfully. We have been able to achieve all our camp objectives as the students are not only motivated and inspired to speak and learn in English but the facilitators too indeed have been able to adapt and practice the knowledge of teaching-learning theories learnt by adjusting our teaching styles and expectation levels to the standards of Primary Six children.
Throughout this three days camp, I realized that coordination, teamwork and commitment are extremely important elements to ensure the entire programme to be run smoothly. For this, I have realized that things planned are not always the final draft of everything. Due to unforeseen factors such as weather for example, sometimes things have to change and as the Director, I play a very vital role in getting things coordinated and at the same time making sure that all my facilitators are still highly motivated in carrying out their duties.
In addition, I wholeheartedly believe that a leader should lead by examples by getting involve and helping his or her team members to carry out their duties as well. Here, I have been able to hold on still to this motto until today, which I believe contributes to the spirit of my team members and I, myself in holding on and maintaining our duties, responsibilities and the good name of our institution and lecturers in general. As an overall, this language camp has been successfully run and achieving our expectations and objectives of this camp add colours to the success of this English Language Camp A.

Monday, February 02, 2004

+domestika+ wants creativity

+domestika+ wants creativity

Dearest UTMers, AIESECers, ARCHITECHers, talents, artists and creative enthusiasts,

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Creative Executive
NLDS 2004
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