Bukit Aping Barat Felda 2003

 

How To Play Educational Games In The Classroom

 

Telephone (zara)

COMMENT

This is a game about tongue twister . Tongue twisters ,it is a phrase or sentence  which is hard to speak fast ,because of  similar sounds of the words .It helps develop speech skills .All levels and ages enjoy tongue twisters ,they work well as a warm up to get student speaking ,and help them to practice pronouncing diffcult sounds in English . In this game ,we need prepared the tongue twisters depending on the different difficulties for students .

 GAME PLAN

Language : tongue twisters in English
Skills :       listening , speaking , vocabulary
Control :    Free
Level :       Any levels
Time :       20-30 minutes
Materials : pieces of paper
Variation :None ,it needs to be played in group


Preparation

The teacher needs prepare some pieces of paper to write tongue twisters ,and a watch for set the time limit .The students are divided into 5 groups .So the Tongue twisters need be prepared for 4 levels  ,because there are 4 rounds in the game in order to pick a winner group . Each level 's tongue twisters have a same word count .For instance , the tongue twisters of the first round have 6 words ,the second round has 8 words and so on .

Procedure

In the game , five groups should come into lines . when the game starts , each group member has no more than 30 seconds . If there are 5 persons in a group ,every round needs keep within 150 seconds then .In the game ,there are 4 rounds and after every round  , one group will be eliminate .The difficulty degree increases as the groups shrink . In the first round , teacher prepares 5 notes of tongue twisters on the table . When  teacher declares time start , the first one of each line  takes one note on the table and put it back after read it and keep it in mind . Then they back to their lines repeat the tongue twister that they remembered to the next group member .According to this , the second student need repeat it to the third one ,until it to the last one , the last student needs write the tongue twister as he or she heard on the whiteboard and read it loudly . The group that use the shortest time and most highest accuracy would be a winner .The important rule in the game is when the tongue twister is being repeat to the next one ,it cannot be with any hints but just in oral and speaking .


Example

1.A tidy tiger tied a tie tighter to tidy her tiny tail .
2.A bloke's back bike brake block broke .
3.I scream ,you scream , we all scream for ice cream  .
4. Betty beat a bit of butter to make a better butter .
5 .Few free fruit flies fly from flames .
6.Fifty- five flags freely flutter from the floating frigate.

My reflection of the language camp(Zara)

Hi! Everyone !



Time goes to so fast , after planing a long time , finally we finished the one day's camp .Among that , I had many new experiences in my university life . In fact , as a exchange student , this is my first time that  participate in a negotiation camp . It was a unforgettable experience for me . Firstly , I feel very happy be in the camp , there are six games in the camp ,and all are in different types .Everyone was conscientious with the games . After one day 's negotiation ,I learned many things from my classmates and other participants ,experienced a lot as well . The camp was exciting , all of us were fully enjoy it .I believe every participant was benefit from it . Secondly , "tired ", from One day 's observed ,  I noticed that be a teacher is not a easy thing . It needs responsible  for every learner .And also need to be patient to them . But anyway, change to another word . this camp gave to me a lots of passion about language  .

What do I learn from the training session(Zara)

Hi ! Everyone !


From this training session , I learned a lot for my own benefit . Our game 's name is Battle Ship . It is a game about learning vocabulary . We need prepared different lexical for the game , then divided students into groups to play it . Through it , I fully learned skills that will be useful for my English .First of all , I understood how to give the students a correct instruction and how to make the students be interested in the class . Secondly , the student's motivation is important for learning ,that's why teacher need to encourage the student to be motivated .And lastly ,I need improve my communication skills therefore I can easily understand the student's idea , and also I can relay my knowledge to them.

My responsibilities for the language camp (Zara)

Hi ! Everyone !

On the day of negotiation camp , every one had responsibilities , such as facilitator or host . Before the camp started , I assisted my classmates to distribute the instruction books to the participants of the camp . I was also assigned to take photos during the session two . As a photographer of this camp , I keep every moment of memorize for every participants in the camp .Cause of the identity of exchange student , I also want to have some colorful memories . Even though my job was easy to do , I tried my best to finish all of it . I was both excited and honored to take part in the camp so that I can really learned a lot .

 

 

 

 

My Reflection of the Language Camp (Aliya)

Hi everyone!

Finally, the day had arrived. It's the day for the Language Camp!
We stayed at Dewan Merdeka, Kolej Rahman Putra since morning until evening, walked around the hall, mingled among ourselves and with the participants, conducted the sessions and finally the camp came to an end.

One word to describe what I felt at the end of the day:
Happy.

It's a simple word, but I really felt that way. Although we were tired, but I guess everyone had fun doing this event together. We noticed our flaws, but I know that everyone had done their very best. So, I was very satisfied.

The Game Masters

That morning, all the game masters were nervous. Hence, we gathered and cheered each other up. Alhamdulillah during our sessions, the facilitators cooperated really well, helping our sessions to go smoothly. We did find it difficult to give instructions clearly. From that, we learnt to rephrase our sentences to explain the instruction in a simpler way. 

Oh hey, that's me conducting The Betrayal Game.
Arifah was by my side, writing the money scores

While I was not carrying out my responsibility as the Game Masters, I played many other roles, such as being an extra facilitator, a photographer and the DJ (to decide on the songs to be played in the speaker). I believe that many other facilitators played many roles as well, to keep ourselves busy by helping others, making sure our sessions to go smoothly. This is because everyone was always ready to receive orders or fulfill requests from our director, the game master in charge of a session and the facilitators. We also interacted with the participants to encourage them to converse more in English as on of the objectives of this camp is to enhance their English speaking skill.

Overall, I have learnt many things from this camp. I am grateful that Mr. G had given us the opportunity to organize this camp. Organizing this had enrich our experience and knowledge both in management and English language skills. It was interesting that because we were so used to speaking in English during the programme, we continued speaking in English in our room. haha. However, the best part is, handling this programme together with fellow TESLians had tighten our bond. May our friendship lasts forever :)

Alright. That's all.
Thank you TESLians.
Thank you Mr. G.
Thank you Allah.

One Day before the Language Camp (Aliya)

Salam and hi, people! *bows to everyone *smiles widely

Now let me share about our preparation a day before the Language Camp, which was on Friday.

A day before the camp, I went out with my roommate and game-masters-mate, Arifah to buy the materials for our games. We went to AEON, Taman Universiti. We were lucky because there were promotions and discounts for Year End Sale and Back to School promotion. Therefore, the stationary was a bit cheaper. *WIN!

That evening, we had a final meeting with all committee members. All committee gave updates on their progress. Then, Shafiq, Dzamir and Chang told us about the problem on our event venue. We were all feeling angry towards the other party, but tried to keep our head cool. Because it was only one day before the programme, most would feel stressed. I realized that it was important to be calm in that situation so that other committees would not feel so stressed out, especially the ones having problems. Alhamdulillah the problems were settled after several times of negotiation and discussion.

After the big meeting, the game masters had a final meetup to rehearse our session, especially on the way we give instruction for our games. Even during the rehearsal, we were feeling nervous because we could already imagine how we would be in front of everyone, conducting the game. After all of the game masters are done rehearsing, Sarah highlights on several things that we need to take note of. Then, she wished us good luck. Finally, we went back to our room as night approached.

That night, Arifah and I prepared our materials in our room together. I prepared the mini whiteboard, mahjong paper for the 'money' scoreboard and presentation slides for The Betrayal Game.

The Slides

After that, we rested and got some beauty sleep as we need to use a lot of energy for the camp on the day!

To be continued...

MY REFLECTION OF THE LANGUAGE CAMP

First of all, I would like to say that 'Negotiation Camp' was indeed a wonderful experience for me. There are  a lot of experience, lesson be it life lesson or teaching and learning lesson for me,  joy and beautiful stories behind it. So, here I conclude everything into words:

• 2 of the participants happen to be my neighbors, which I never talk to them and they don't even try to talk to me as well. Before the camp, we were like strangers. But then the camp had changed everything, we start to each other during the camp and even now they still call me 'Akak Faci'. 
• I learn that there are many creative ways in giving a clear instruction to the participant. There are no restricted way in giving instruction. As the facilitator, we must aware of it in order to make the participants understand of what we were trying to convey.
• There are a lot of people out there who are more creative than us.
• Games can make us closed. The Teslian for example, we start to know each other well when organizing the event.
• beautiful moment is a created moment, it don't just happen.

So, that's all from me, Adios.

Sincerely Me,

AinAbdull

xoxo.

ONE DAY BEFORE THE NEGOTIATION CAMP

One upon a time, there was a girl who trying to greet everyone by saying, 

"Holaaaaa Everyone"

*heart beating fast while trying to remember what I did 24 hours before the negotiation camp*

The only one sentence that can describe me, myself and I just before the Negotiation Camp is 

"I CAN'T SLEEPPPPP!"

I really really really can't sleep.

I was so excited.

I was not confident of my own capability (read: whether I can handle it well or not)

I was so tired because that day happen to be 'Hari Merentas Desa' and all the Teslian were the organizer for that event as well.

I was so unprepared. 

Last but not least, I was so over thinking I guess. That's why I can't sleep well that night before the Negotiation Camp. 

I was just can't help myself. Teehee T.T

Sincerely Me, 

AinAbdull

xoxo. 

My reflection on the camp (Shafiq)

Assalamualaikum and greeting fellow Phoenixers. 

After the language camp, there are several outcome which I consider as my personal gain.

First of all, the language camp taught me how to become an effective leader. As future teachers which are also soon to be role models, being a good leader is a good personal factor. Having to deal with people of many sorts are the kinds of knowledge that we could never have during classroom lectures.

Second, from this camp I realize that creativity in teaching is very important to make the teaching and learning more effective. In the world today where most learners are computer literate, normal chalk-and-talk method is applicable only for a short while. To keep the learner’s interested, the fusion of creativity and knowledge should be encouraged.

Next, I found this camp provided us with the opportunity to experience the situation of having learners learning the language through games. Most of the participants were cooperative although some of them may cause issues. During this opportunity, it is up to us to make sure that the learners would gain something from this session.

All in all, the language camp was an opportunity for us to learn how to conduct our own language camp. We realized that the old, orthodox way of learning may not be as effective as the newly developed language curriculum. We also realized that this camp was also a chance for us to make ourselves more than just teachers.

My Responsibilities for the Language Camp (Aliya)

Hi, everyone!

In this post, I'm going to share about my responsibilities for the Language Camp. During our first meeting, we held an election to choose the committee members for the camp. Shafiq was chosen as our director while Seha, our vice-director. As for me, initially, I was given the responsibility to be in charge of the Food and Hygiene committee, together with Arifah. Fatin was also assigned under our committee. However, a few weeks later, we were informed that we did not have to prepare the food for participants to cut our expenses. Hence, because we have less job, Arifah, Fatin and I were assigned to be under the Activity committee, in which the people in charge were Sarah and Esther.

During our third or fourth (can't remember accurately) meeting, we discussed on the activities to be done in the camp. A lot of ideas were proposed by our friends, including the games that were actually carried out during the camp. At first, I came to the meeting with a blank mind, not having of any idea to propose of the activities. However, after listening to the others' ideas, an idea suddenly popped out of my mind. It was the game I once played when I attended a camp during secondary school. Back then, the game was called 'Game Saham' or 'Stock Game'. I proposed this game in the meeting. After the concept of the game was explained, we named this game 'The Betrayal Game'.

Since I proposed this game, I automatically became one of the game masters. I feel powerful having that title *proud*. But with great power, comes great responsibility. Now I have to conduct the game during the camp! Aaaaaaaaa~! I was feeling nervous, but The Betrayal Game received positive feedbacks from my friends, so it raised my confidence :)

From a member of the Committee of Food and Hygiene to a Game Master.

I will further write about my experience as a game master in the next post. Till then!

One day before the language camp (Shafiq)

Salam and greetings to everyone…

This post discusses the situation before the actual day of the camp. One of the biggest issue that we faced on the final day before the camp was the key to the hall situation. The boys from the Silat group had taken the key and it was in their possession at first. They made it difficult when initially, they refused to give up. But after few negotiating tactics and several phone calls made to the college’s office.

Lucky for us, we had several group members that were good in negotiation, namely Dzamir and Chang. Let us all remember that if it was not because of them, our program may not be able to continue since we do not have any other option around here in terms of location.

Apart from the key matter, the program books were also being finished printed on the day before the camp and other minor preparations also took place on the evening. The game masters also took the chance to practice their explanation skill which was led by the Gaming commissioner, Sarah.

All in all, the day before the language camp was rather tame since most of the important works were done earlier. Minor preparation ran smoothly and mostly efficient.

My responsibilities for the language camp (Shafiq)

Salam and good evening everyone…

In this post, I am going to talk about my responsibilities for the language camp. As the director of this edition of the language camp, my responsibilities were to ensure that everything is in order for the actual day of the camp.

Before the camp actually took place, sorting out the division of work must be done properly so that everyone would have a chance to shine and to ensure that everyone would be involved. Next was to ensure that we have the right kind of activities that fit the description of our participants. Several meetings with the lecturer, Mr. G to give him the updates and also to discuss the games, rules and other details of the camp. It was also my responsibility to oversee most of the work done by my colleagues. This was to ensure everything is in order before the actual day.

During the language camp, apart from overseeing the games conducted by the game masters, I was also responsible in conducting the transition session between the games. I think I did okay as an impromptu emcee but I am not really sure. What do you think?

There were several challenges faced by all of us along the way. For instance, the key to the hall was not in our possession until the last minute of the day before the camp. It was challenging because we had to deal with several entities that have different opinions on the matter. But luckily, we had an effective team to deal with every problems that faced. Apart from this, there were also other matters that we had to deal with.

All in all, the language camp ran smoothly in my opinion. Because of this, the credit should never goes to me alone since I have a very effective crew member for the whole camp. Thank you everyone and it was a privilege to work with all of you. 

What do I learned from the training session (Shafiq)

Salam and hello everyone…

Training sessions were the part when we got to experience the game of our choosing to be tested by ourselves. There several things that we could consider to be the things that we learn throughout the sessions.

First of all, we all learn that teaching the English language should never be done through lecture alone. We learn that even through the simplicity of playing certain games, language learning could still take place.

Second, we also learn to think on our feet. In real situations, things could change in a matter of seconds. As a good teacher and facilitator, we need to be able to think fast and make the right decisions in the shortest possible time.

Thirdly, time management is the most important thing when we do a game session or even teaching. This is to prevent drag time and prevent time wastage in class. Efficient facilitators always keep a good track of time when a game session is conducted.

All in all, training session taught us a lot. The statements above are some of the outcomes that we got. But the true number of outcomes are endless if you ask me. It is up to us to take whichever how we see fit. 

MY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NEGOTIATION CAMP

Bonjour Tanjouras!

It's me greeting you guys. Still on the Negotiation Camp because i still can move on from that fantastically superb amazing camp that I've ever been to. Okay it may be a lil bit exaggerating but Oh God I can't help myself. (read: Ya, I did exaggerated >..<)

So, for this post, I will tell you guys my responsibility for the Negotiation Camp. Before the camp started, I am the treasurer! Yeahhh, in Malay we called it 'Ah Long Lintah Darat'. Nah, I am not going to describe how 'lintah darat' I am in order to collect money but I will tell you guys how hard it is to organize a camp in a very limited budget. As for your information, the Negotiation Camp was held without any fund from the faculty or even HEMA other than our own money. So, we have agreed that everyone should have paid me RM10 (read: it's a huge amount of money you know). I managed to collect RM210, and it is all the money that we hvae to buy everything for example like materials for the games, hampers and so on. If you ask me whether it's enough or not, let me tell ya, NO, IT'S NOT! In fact I have to use our class money. But then it's not a big deal, as long as everything run smoothly. Yes, It did and am so thankful for it. God has paid our money with a valueless memory that we ever had. Can't thank Him more for that.

So, during the Negotiation Camp, I was one of the facilitator for the most 'Gay' group from all the other groups. And because the word 'Gay' as well, we lost a huge amount of stars for that game. Ya, I admit that it's my fault as I was a bit clueless to handle the game, thus I was unable to help. Duhh...but then we managed to redeem all the stars lose in the next games especially from the games of 'Fact or Fiction'.

Last but not least, I want more Language Camp please. It's super fun. Indeed.

Adios. xoxo.

One Day before the Language Camp~

Hi everyone, 

On the day before the language camp, we have held a final meeting. This is to make sure everything for the programme runs smoothly and any problems could be avoided. During the final meeting, we clarify everything and the games masters give briefing for a clearer understanding on each of the games provided. Apart from that, we also solved the problem for the venue of the programme. There was a sudden changed that our programme was overlapping with the programme held by martial arts club. All of us were stressed out and tried to overcome the problem in a professional way. Luckily, we did solve the problem after negotiating with one of the martial art members.

The game masters also prepared their final materials for the language camp. The facilitators were informed about any changes made for the games. We hoped that everything would turn perfectly for the day of the language camp.  

My reflection of the language camp (Sara)

First of all, I would like to say that the negotiation camp has been a wonderful experience for me. Through this camp, I have learnt a lot and experienced things that I may not be able to experience with if we did not have this negotiation camp. So I would like to use this opportunity to thank everyone in Phoenixers for their hard work and cooperation, and for the memories we had made in the camp. (Insert sentimental music here)

Looking back, the negotiation camp has been a lot of fun, and it has taught us that perseverance and hard work is essential for organizing a program. Cooperation and mutual understanding of each other are also needed to ensure smooth sailing for the program.

On the part of being one of the Game Masters, I must say I was really nervous for the Ranking Game, as it was an idea from Mr G. I am even more nervous when I imagine that I am going to be in charge of the 54 participants of the camp for my slot. The nervousness stayed until a few minutes of the my slot, but I think I managed to handle the slot without much nervousness afterwards.

From my observation, the Ranking Game isn’t really a ‘lively’ game for the participants compared to the other games, because the need to strategize is very much apparent for this game. My slot is somewhat quiet compared to the others (along with the weather condition at that time), but I think the participants managed to play the game according to how it is supposed to be played.

All in all, I think it went well, although my slot can still use some improvement to make the atmosphere much more livelier when the participants are playing the game.

That is all from me, thank you.

One more ride please.

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

For this post, I'll talk about what have I learned from the Language Camp. We all know that there are several ways to counter the problems that we were having during the camp. To begin with, we all know that we have a slight problem when giving instruction to the participants. Some of us may say that we have problems with language proficiency but I do not think that is the problem. I think most of us were just nervous and anxious when talking in front of strangers especially when the strangers really have a good grid of the language. As for that, we might be intimidated by them and instead of helping us to focus on giving instruction, our mind flew away into thinking how these strangers view us as a TESL students. And that ladies and gentlemen is how we got cold sweat, sweaty palm, increasing heartbeat, anxiety, nausea, headache, and lastly, the best part, vomiting in front of people that we barely know. BAM! Just like that and we wake up feeling confuse how do we get to PKU at the first place. It may feel like you are falling in love with someone or you crush is just winking at you but that is not the case here. It is just you and that annoying anxiety succeeding in pulling your leg. However, what you guys did in the hall that day was brave. And I know it is even hard for me to do so. The only thing that I can say to you guys out there is, " Soldiers, it was a great honor for me to fight along your side and I salute you!"

You guys are crazy for being able to talk in front of strangers you know? Do not stop being crazy.

My wish is always with you and I will always fight any other Karate Kids for you. One last ride please.

WHAT DO I LEARN FROM THE TRAINING SESSION

Holla Mi Amor,

It's me again greeting you guys. So, this time I would like to share of what have I learn from the training session. I put everything in bullet so that it's easier for all my Mi Amor to read >..<

• I learn that we have to listen carefully to instruction from game masters in order for us to give a bit more clear instruction to our participants in group (read: me happen to be a facilitator that day, so I have to deal will the participants, a lot)
• keep our positive face if we don't want to receive any negative face from the participants (read: what you give, you get back)
• clear instructions doesn't mean that we have to follow every sentences from booklet, a clear instruction means, the participants under you must have aware of what they should or have to do in order to complete the task given.
• I also learn that, a great preparation beforehand is a must for every facilitator, because on that particular day, we will receive thousand questions regarding the games (read: not all the participants can get what are we trying to convey, somehow they asked a lot!)

Okay, that's all from me. Adios

Sincerely Me, Ain. xoxo.