FIFTH DAY 14 OCTOBER 2014

AN OVERVIEW BY ABANG MUAMMAR GHADDAFI 

The morning session started off with an “English Language Class” by Carole.We learned about biometric engineering with her and did a biometric investigative activity.The second session was about “Resources – Including multi-media and visual organisers (multimodality) with Katie.

Multimodality is a variety of/ mixture of different resources mix - audio. video, handouts, text, clips, authentic materials, physical world- all combined in a lesson/ activity.

We learned about visual organisers and their uses in CLIL contexts, we also match them with their purposes and understand some reasons for using them in the classroom.The last session was “Focus on Assessment and Effective Error Correction” by Bill Bowler.

 In this session we learned about assessing the language, content and ‘content language’ and also types of correction that could be used in class. 

 REFLECTIONS BY ABANG MUAMMAR GHADDAFI

All three sessions were quite interesting and useful to be applied in the teaching of English in my Vocational College. Usage of content in the English language class is quite important to make the lesson relevant and connected to the students.

Variety of graphic organizers/ visual organizers that could be implemented in the classroom. Image taken here

 Usage of visual organisers are also quite important as they can cater to those whose learning style is visual. When we assess students it is also very important to use the right correction tool to make the students feel motivated in learning English. 

AN OVERVIEW BY ROSLAN BIN MAMAT

We started the day with english language class (engineering) with Carole. She started the lesson with test-teach-test approach when she first showed us some words on hand biometrics. Some of us could not figure out the meanings of some words shown. Next, she explained about the aims and the learning outcomes for us to have a clearer picture of what should we achieve in the lesson. The topic was on hand biometrics - something that was new to some of us including me. It was an advanced level lesson that explores language and concepts around biometric engineering for identification or security applications.

The activities held were very interesting whereby we were given a group task with clear instructions to investigate on how to measure our hand dimensions. From these measurements, we created our own id for security. In our group of 4, we needed to discuss whether this hand biometric technology is suitable to be used for security purpose by answering few questions. From the brief presentations made by the group leaders on the findings, all groups unanimously agreed that hand biometric technology is not suitable to be used for security purpose. 

 REFLECTIONS BY ROSLAN BIN MAMAT

It is not the findings that is important, but it is; actually the way the lesson was carried out. Many learning strategies were involved in the activities. They were investigation, group discussion, peer evaluation, presentation and decision making. They also involved all four skills in L2 learning.

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