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.
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
(173 words)
Prepared by,
Lee Jun
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.
(173 words)
Prepared by,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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