LAWATAN KE PESTA BUKU ANTARABANGSA

KUALA LUMPUR 2013

 

 

     Seramai 11 orang yang telah menyertai lawatan ke pesta buku yang bertolak daripada Politeknik jam 8.15 pagi dengan menaiki bas.  Kemudian, pada jam 1.15 tengahari peserta tiba di PWTC dan mula mencari buku yang bersesuaian dengan PdP, bidang dan juga minat masing-masing.  Setelah itu, dalam jam 5.30 petang peserta mula bertolak pulang ke Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan dan telah tiba pada jam 12 tengah malam.

 

     Objektif lawatan ini adalah dapat memberi manfaat dan membantu meningkatkan mutu Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran (PdP) serta menambahkan ilmu pengetahuan dikalangan warga JPA.

 

 





 

 

Interdepartmental British Parliamentary Debate and British Parliamentary Debate Workshop 2013

On the 11 March until 12 March 2013, General Studies Department’s language unit and the Drama, Debat and Pidato club organised an interdepartmental British Parliamentary debate 2013 to promote and encourage creative and critical thinking among students in Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan through debating in the English Language.

The event took place with the participations of 24 students representing all the four main departments. The tournament consists of 4 preliminary rounds, semi-final and a final round. In the final round, two teams from JRKV and two teams from JKE went all out to win the title of best debater and champions of the debate.

The teams were ranked based on a power matching system and in the semi-finals; it was a sudden death round where the best two teams from two different venues qualified for the final round.  Debaters from JRKV: Awgku Luqman Nul Hashim and Nicholas Ong went home as the winning team and the best speaker was from JKE: Manikandan A/L Thaneer Malayan.  The title of the debate is THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT THE MEDIA SHOULD NOT REPORT ON A TERRORIST ATTACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EVENT. The closing ceremony was officiated by Tuan Haji Azizi bin Lin, Director of Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan and graced by the representatives from each department.

In accordance with the debate competition, a workshop was conducted on the 10^th of March 2013, Sunday, and 24 students turned up for the event. The students participated in mock debates and were exposed to the basic knowledge on how to debate and the rules in a debate. 

PIS students debate in the preliminary round.

Debate participants pose during a photographic session.

Debaters prepare their cases before the event starts.

British Parliamentary Workshop participants listen attentively to the tips given by a speaker.

JPA Treasure Hunt Activities

Title     : ‘Fun with English’ Treasure Hunt Programme.

Time    : 8.00 am – 12.00 pm.

Date    : 28 February 2012.

Venue  : SMK Bandar Seri Alam, Masai, Johor.

English Language is a subject taught nearly in all levels of educational institutions in this country. This fact alone reflects that the ability to communicate in English is of utmost importance as viewed by every community in the country. The role of teaching English lies on the shoulder of every English teacher.

An English Language teacher can only boast to have carried out a successful classroom lesson only if the students have achieved a number of intended measurable learning outcomes as stipulated in the teacher’s lesson plan. Such is a challenge that all teachers have to face as teaching takes more than just entering a classroom and lecturing the students. However, teachers should not feel disheartened as they are in fact holding a key to unlock the challenge. The key is none other than creativity. Yes. Every teacher can make a breakthrough in their teaching career if she can be a bit more creative in the classroom.

            Recently, a group of facilitators from Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan (PIS) carried out a Treasure Hunt Programme at SMK Bandar Seri Alam (SMKBSA). All the activities were aimed to encourage the school students to use English language as it was the medium language of all activities. The programme drew one hundred participants who are students of the school. They were facilitated by twenty five PIS students. These students were trained to conduct the treasure hunt as one of their graded Co-curriculum assessments. They were accompanied by PIS Head of Language Unit, Puan Parahsakthi A/P Chidambaram, En. Yeow Chee Kheong (English Co-Curriculum Advisor), En. Mohd Rafiq Bin Mujilan (English Co-Curriculum Advisor) and Cik Siti Faezah Binti Ahmad Sazali (English lecturer).

During the programme the participants were made to find the locations of four stations in order to perform the tasks given. Guessing pictures and creating lyrics were among the tasks that the participants had to perform. These activities were beneficial and had also drawn positive feedback from the participants, SMKBSA teachers, PIS lecturers and also the facilitators. According to Puan Nalini, the school teacher praised the activities as they were fun and helpful for her students to learn English. Puan Parahsakthi of PIS shared the same sentiment by saying that she hoped that activities like this should be carried out often in the future. A form four participant, Farah Nor Sharina was excited while interviewed as she was apparently having fun joining the treasure hunt activities. She also said that she would be glad to participate in the treasure hunt if it were going to be carried out in the future. Besides, one facilitator also expressed his thought in an interview. Muhd. Ammar Johari told the interviewer if he could choose to become either a facilitator or a participant, he would rather be a facilitator as he found enjoyment assisting and guiding the participants throughout all the activities.

Participants of treasure hunt are posing in front of a camera

Muhammad Ammar is briefing the participants before the treasure hunt kickstarts

Some participants are having fun together