It was certainly extra fun for 65 SRJK (C) Jeram students when they participated in the “Extra English Camp 7.0”, conducted by 19 UTAR pre-service teachers, held on 25 November 2017 at the school. The students were from the Standard Three to Standard Six classes.
With the objective of the camp to inculcate the four essential skills, namely reading, writing, speaking and listening, in the students to master English, various fun activities were carried out to facilitate the students in their English learning process.
UTAR, steadfast to its principle “By the people, For the people”, also held this camp as part of their community service effort under the Department of Languages and Linguistics (DLL) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science (FAS), with hopes to be able to offer a learning experience that will instil UTAR students involved with consciousness of their role with a strong sense of professional and social responsibility.
Involved in making the English camp an educational experience for the students also included camp facilitators who are undergraduate students from the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) English Language and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) English Education programmes; and four DLL lecturers and members of the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT), namely Ooi Zao May, A. Avene a/p Atputharaj, Viji a/p Ramamuruthy and Nurullashkeen binti Mohd Anis.
Activities, such as Ladder Builder, Guess My Name, I Am A GPS, English Is Fun, Say Anything, Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day and Act Like A Star, kept the students entertained and saw their active participation towards learning English.
“I enjoyed the camp very much because I was able to learn something in every activity and even learnt new words,” said Standard Six student Chai Jie Ling. Meanwhile, her other friend Ng Li Ping mentioned that the camp has enabled her to learn new words and strengthened her friendships with other students.
Apart from benefiting the school students, UTAR English Education student Edwin Chih E Khang mentioned that he too was able to learn many things from the camp.
“I am very happy to be part of this camp because it has not only taught the school students, but it has taught me too. Through this camp, I was able to use my abilities to create something meaningful and beneficial for the students. Not to mentioned that the students were easy to teach and I definitely had fun sharing knowledge with them. I believed the camp has made me more determined to building up my personal character and motivated me to never give up on my dreams”, said Chih.
At the end of the camp, all the students were presented with a notebook and a highlighter as an appreciation for their participation, and also as a handy tool for the students to use in the classroom lessons in school.
Students, teachers and camp facilitators posing for a group photograph at the end of the camp
UTAR students assisting as camp facilitators
Students having fun in the activities conducted by the facilitators
Happy students participating in the camp
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