Programme : We
Care We Share
Date : 27 March 2015 (Friday)
Time : 8.00 am – 4.30 pm
Venue : Multipurpose Hall, Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan
On
27 March 2015, The Language Unit of General Studies Department organized a CSR programme
called We Care We Share. The programme, aimed to allow Politeknik
Ibrahim Sultan (PIS) students to express their thoughts in English and apply the knowledge that they had
acquired at the polytechnic in a purposeful, fun and meaningful learning
experience by participating in a number of prepared activities. This
programme was participated by 13 facilitators who are also the fifth semester
students of the PIS institution and 39 primary school students from an
orphanage home known as Rumah Anak Yatim Barkat.
In
the programme, the students from Rumah Barkat were welcomed by Programme Manager,
Mr.
Ahmad Haffizu Bin Abdullah as the representative of the organizer the
moment they arrived at PIS. The organizer with the help of facilitators had
prepared a number of interesting English activities such as treasure
hunt, animal farm, dropbox (construct sentences), hidden pictures and action
music. The main purposes of those activities were to inculcate students’ interest in
using the English language, enhance the interpersonal and communication skills
of PIS and orphanage institution students, make students of PIS and Rumah
AnakYatim Barkat learn English through activity presentations and task
fulfillments and encourage the spirit of teamwork, unity, co-operation and
tolerance through participations of both groups of students in the proposed
activities
Throughout
the course of the event, a number of spectacular moments were captured. Students from both institutions were having a
blast in every activity. This could be seen in the hall vibrated by the laughter
made by the students. The activities managed to kill the perception of seeing
English as a difficult language to be learned. Other than that, the organizer
had set up specific objectives for both students to improve on their vocabulary, increase
their confidence to communicate effectively with lecturers and other students
and also learn English language in an enjoyable way through the activities.
Towards
the end of the programme, Deputy Programme Manager, Mr Muhammad AlHafiz Bin Amat Esa
delivered his speech in front of almost 70 members of audience. In his speech, he
highlighted the importance of empowering foreign language such as English language.
According to him, students should eliminate the perception of saying English
language is difficult to be learned and understood.
It is hoped that such a
programme will be carried out more often in the future. This is to ensure that communities
around Polytechnic Ibrahim Sultan (PIS) will realize that the role of PIS is
not only to produce students with educational knowledge but also with good
moral values which will enable them to give back to the community before they become
part of the workforce in the country.
Prepared
by
Ahmad
Haffizu Bin Abdullah
Programme
Manager
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