BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

The standard of English among students in Malaysia is a cause for concern. This is reflected by the low academic achievement of students in the public examinations. The

percentage of passes for the English Language subject in the said examination has only been around 60%. As compared with the order subjects, the percentage of English Language passes has always been the lowest. There has bee a hue and cry among members of public over the issue.

The Ministry of Education has been sensitive about the matter. Various Division of the Ministry of Education and State Education Department implement their own projects. And programmes to help raise the standard of English among students. Schools too, conduct their own activities for the purpose.

In this context the Schools Division of the Ministry of Education also carries out a number of support programmes to help the students achieve better results in the English Language subject. Some of the activities carried out by the Division are debates, coral speaking, story-telling, English-in-camp and essay writing competition. However, it is felt that more activities are needed for student to get better and more exposure to the language. In this assignment, I have choose two English language programmes implemented in my school. There are: 1. Treasure Hunt and 2. Spell-It-Right

TRASURE HUNT COMPETITION PRIMARY SCHOOL ( LEVEL 2 ).

Introduction : The Treasure Hunt Competition is an effective teaching and learning activity. It is a variety of games which is played by 10 pupils in a group at different places. This games need cooperation among them in solving problems. The pupils will enjoy themselves throughout the activities and increase their achievement in English Language Skills.

Aim / Objectives : 1. To attract the pupils to involve in English activities. 2. To show that English is fun and easy to learn. 3. To build self-confidence in pupils. 4. To find out whether they can follow the instruction correctly.

Duration of programme Target Group :

Implementation of programme: Head panel : The teacher in charge of the station are;

Location :

Rules and regulations of the treasure hunt competition: 1 Pupils are devided into . groups. One group consist of . members from year ............... They must give a name for their group. 2. The groups will start at station 1 and answer the questions there. If they finish answering they must ask the teacher in-charge to sign before move to station 2. 3 At station 2, they also have to answer questions and move to station 3. The game continues until they finish answering questions at all stations and get the teacher in-charge signature for every stations. 4. The winner of the game is the fastest group to finish answering and collected the highest mark.

Material : Questions. 1. Hidden Pictures.

2. Match occupation and place of work.

3. Rearrange the letters to form correct words. Then list down the name of the animals alphabetical order.

4. Circle the correct spelling. 6. Write the number to match the pictures with the sentences correctly.

Strengths and weakness of the programme : Strengths This activity can; 1 2 3 4 Improve pupils in English Communication skills. The pupils will learn to cooperate with their friends in group. Pupils learn to value the time to finish their task. Pupils learn to follow rules and regulation.

Weakness 1. The weak pupils will not actively involve if the group include too many members. 2. Pupils will be carried away and ignore the rules of the game. This happen when the participants eagerly aim to win the competition. 3. Disturb the English learning and Teaching process. 4. Teacher has to prepare the game before hand. This will take much time because they have to find the suitable question for the level.

Recommendation : The Treasure Hunt is an order game. It is recommended to pupils with mixed ability. The first learner will help the slow learner and work together to win the game. This game is suitable during the English Language Class as it wont disturb the learning time in the morning.

Conclusion : I thinks the Treasure Hunt will benefit the pupils and help pupils to build them self to be confidence. They will learn how to communicate in English and cooperate in their group. They will enjoy themselves while doing the task.

SPELL- IT- RIGHT COMPETITION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (LEVEL 1 AND 2) Introduction : Spelling is the forming of words from letters according to accepted usage, a sequence of letters composing a word, a statement of rules or conventions on how words are to be written. One purpose of spelling is to learn to decode words so that every word will not have to be memorized. This best done by grouping spelling words by sight and sound. Research has determined that, 75% of the words in our English language can be spell phonetically. For the reminder, we must rely on visual recall. However we must have a good command of phonics, syllabication and the various ways to spell these sounds in order to be able to spell words easily. Unless a person has photographic memory, it is impossible to picture all words in a whole word format fashion in order to read and spell them. In order to meet the needs of all students, students need to develop a good sign vocabulary but also a good understanding of phonics, syllabication, as well various comprehension skills. All children learning disable (dyslexic ) and those who are not, nee to be taught to read using a combination approach. This is a spelling contest just like what we watch on TV3, The Spell-It-Right contest. Aim / Objective : 1. To attract the pupils to get involved in any school activity. 2. To improve their spelling activity.

3. Improve their vocabulary. 4. To identify the good pupils participate in Spell It Right competition held by New 5. Straits Time and TV3. 6. To build the pupils confident. Duration of programme: Target Group :

Implementation of programme: Head panel :

Teacher in charge : Location :

Rules and regulations of Spell-It-Right : 1. Pupils were chosen from spelling test in class. 2. pupils should be on stage with numbers given from 1 to 10. 3. Participants are required to face the Presenter and Judge when pronouncing and spelling the word .4. No aids will be allowed on stage or on participants. For example. No pens, paper, MP3 players or mobile phones will be allowed on stage. A breach on this rule will be grounds for disqualification. 5 No discussion or prompting between participants or from anyone on stage. A breach of this rule will be grounds for disqualification. 6. The audience may not clap until the Presenter declares the word CORRECT or INCORRECT. 7. The allocated twenty seconds for spelling will start after the Presenter says: Your time starts now. 8. Every word spelt correctly will be awarded one (1) point.

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The participants will begin on time. Only participants who registered are allowed to take part.

Material : Questions. 1. Words Year 2, 2. Words Year 3, 3. Words Year 4, 4. Words Year 5, 5. Words Year 6, During the school level competition, we choose the word list from the syllabus. Some of the word list are as below : SPELLING COMPETITION Wordlist Year 2 :

Wordlist Year 3

Wordlist Year 4

Wordlist Year 5

Wordlist Year 6

Strengths and weakness of the programme : Strengths

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Improve the pupils vocabulary. Pupils could learn to perform on stage. Pupils how to spell confidently. Become a better speller.

Weakness

1. Only a few pupils involved. 2. Need a lot of time to get the qualified participants. 3. Some pupils are not interested because they are afraid to go on stage.

Recommendation : It should not involved only good pupils, so can have different level of spelling contest in order to involve the less brilliant pupils too.

Conclusion : This is a very interesting programme because they were familiar with the Spell It Right competition on TV. It is more meaningful if we can involve more pupils to participate.