Highly Immersive Programme (HIP)

FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS
To enhance English Proficiency

by Munirah Ibrahim
SMK Likas
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Addressing Fundamental Factors to enhance English proficiency

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School Teachers Students Parents &
Head Community
The Anchor The Doer The Learner The Supporter

• Create an English • Create an English • Take charge of • Create an English

environment environment personal environment
• Be a leader and • Conduct effective development and • Provide expertise
constant motivator teaching and learning learning • Lend help and
• Ensure sustainability • Create English • Support teachers in assistance
• Involve parents and programmes, tools, activities • Provide financial aid
community and aids • Involve parents and • Implement CSR
• Organize events and community in activities
activities activities

Implementation Plan
Best Implementation Adaptation Possible
Practices Steps Ideas Challenges

Parameters
Impact on Ease of Special/
Students Which level of Suitable for Total cost of
English implement- critical
involved? students? rural/ urban? the activity?
proficiency? ation? requirements
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Best Practices: Fundamental Factors

School Heads
• Lead the school in creating an English environment.
Create • Provide constant motivation and support to teachers to carry out English programmes .
Create an
an English
English
Environment • Speak in English during English Day/Week/Month activities/ assembly.
Environment
• Greet students, teachers and school community in English .
• Ensure all English programmes are carried out effectively.

• Maintain a high level of commitment by being actively involved in meetings and activities.
• Provide constant motivation and support to teachers to carry out various English programmes.
Be
Be aa leader
leader and
and • Initiate English support programmes and provide facilities– Reading corner, SAL centre, Book
constant
constant motivator
motivator Kiosk, etc.
• Ensure effective and fun teaching methods are carried out.
• Lead by example (role model) e.g. communicate in English and lead specific English activities.
• Create a learning culture by participating and encouraging teachers to be involved in
professional learning communities.

• Monitor English teachers– Management by Walking Around (WAYS).

• Support all English programmes carried out in school.
Ensure
Ensure Sustainability
Sustainability • Observe English lessons.

• Encourage teachers, parents and students to work together to ensure maximum impact.
Involve
Involve parents
parents and
and • Greet and meet parents and students at the gates - all conversations are in English.
community
community • Seek involvement of higher education institutions and private sectors to carry out English
programmes and provide career guidance.
• Work proactively to transform and change perception of parents and community towards
English through active engagement.
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Best Practices: Fundamental Factors

Teachers
For English Teachers
Create
Create an
an English
English •Encourage learning and sharing in the school with peers, students, parents and community.
Environment
Environment •Organise and implement the use of English in school events and the learning of English.

For All Teachers

•Practise English in school with colleagues, students, parents and community.
•Organise and support the use of English in the learning of subjects and school events.

For English Teachers

Be
Be aa Leader
Leader and
and •English teachers act as mentors to all other teachers
Constant
Constant Motivator
Motivator •Encourage Professional Learning Communities (PLC)-sharing of professional practices
•Encourage students to use English in the learning of subjects and school events

For All Teachers

•Peer encouragement and support in the use of English
•Encourage students to use English in the learning of subjects and school events

For English Teachers

Encourage
Encourage Learning
Learning •Implement creative and innovative teaching strategies (21st century skills)
Using
Using English
English •Conduct differentiated teaching and learning for different levels
•Organise inter-school/class competitions
•Collaborate with parents and community to organise activities using English
•Create a print-rich English environment in the school
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Best Practices: Fundamental Factors

Students

Create
Create an
an English
English 1.Encourage peers to use English.
Environment
Environment 2.Use English with peers, teachers, parents and community.
3.Collaborate with peers, teachers, parents and community to create and implement English
activities.

1. Participate actively in English language activities and competitions.

Build
Build Confidence
Confidence in
in 2. Engage in activities that develop motivation to learn English.
Using
Using English
English 3. Encourage peers to participate in English based activities.

Engage 1.Lead English activities such as newspaper in education, debates, spelling, story telling, English
Engage in
in Personal
Personal
Development Month/Week activities.
Development and
and
Learning 2.Utilize alternative media to learn English.
Learning
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Best Practices: Fundamental Factors

Parents and Community
• Support actively via PIBG to create a school culture and environment that supports the use
Create
Create an
an English
English of English.
Environment
Environment • Encourage the use of English at home.
• Buy English reading materials for use at home.
• Encourage children to watch English programmes on the television.

• Organise Story-telling corner

• Organise Parents Talk ( e.g. Career Talk).
• Organise Remedial / supplementary classes.
Direct • Organise Training for choral speaking competitions.
Direct Involvement
Involvement inin
School • Organise Mind Your English lessons – before/ after school.
SchoolActivities
Activities
• Organise international exchange programmes.
• Organise Educational Camps – during holidays.
• Organise Talentimes programmes.

• Provide transportation for English-related activities.

• “Reserve” teaching (taking into account qualifications of parents) .
• Provide and support Teaching assistants.
• Attend monthly performance dialogue.
• Ensure students complete homework.
• Initiate and be involved in Parents “Support Group.”
Provide
Provide Support
Support and
and • Implement English enrichment activities in schools through the partnership and assistance of
Assistance
Assistance employees from the private sector.
• Support schools in English activities and provide extra classes through the assistance and effort
of undergraduates from Higher Education Institutions.
• Sponsor UPSR materials (employer; corporate sector).
• Support for Tuition/remedial classes in English
• Support and Prepare for SSR/DEAR reading materials
• Donation to school
The HIP guidebook consists of a set of supporting activities to create a
highly immersive environment
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In-Class Out-of-Class Extra Classes Outreach
To create effective & engaging To increase immersive Further support for high-need To increase English immersive
in-class programmes to environment in school students and achieving students through community outreach
facilitate the learning of English & various collaborations

• Drop Everything and Read • International/Local Skype

• Fun learning
• Speakers’ Corner
• Let’s Talk!
• Assembly in English
• Let’s Read Together
(Shared/Guided) Reading • English Tunnel
• Show Your Talent • Dear Diary
• Project-based learning • Young Talent
• Junior Stage
• Language Games
• English Newsletter
• Young Reading Tutor
• Young Entrepreneur
• Merry Coaching in Merry Land
• Welcome ABC
• Holiday Fun Learning
• Sunflower Programme
• LINUS 2.0 (Literasi Bahasa
Inggeris)
@Webinar
• Mentoring of schools
• Field trips
• Parents-in-the-house
• Pupils Exchange Programme
• External Collaboration with
universities, colleges
• Parents’ Talk
• Pen-pal Programme
• Little Ambassadors

Implementation Best Implementation Adaptation Possible

Plan Practices Steps Ideas Challenges

Group of Impact on Ease of

Suitability for Cost of the Critical
Parameters students English implement-
rural/ urban activity requirements
involved proficiency ation
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 “ At the end of the day,
the most overwhelming key
to a child’s success is the
positive involvement
of parents .”
Jane D. Hull

THANK YOU
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