DSSC organises reading campaign for primary school students

UTAR Department of Soft Skills Competency (DSSC) of Sungai Long Campus collaborated with UTAR students to organise UTAR ‘We Care We Act’ Virtual Read with Community Camp on 19 June 2021. The community service targeted primary school students from San Hao Xue Tang, Jenjarom, Selangor. The platform used to conduct the virtual camp was Zoom. The main objective of this virtual camp was to enhance students’ language skills, mainly English.

The virtual camp was led by DSSC staff Choon Wen Kie and Kenneth Tan together with seven UTAR students, namely Lai Kah Wei, Ong Ji Wern, Tan Jing Jie, Ang Lin, Hoo Pei Jing, Loke Zhe Wei and Choo Car Men. The participants involved were mostly primary school students aged between seven to twelve years old. There were two activity sessions held and a storytelling session was carried out before each activity. The 13 participants were divided into two groups and each group was in charge of a session. Most of the students were actively involved in every session.

The meaningful group tasks prepared by the committee aimed to improve the language skills of the students. After the virtual camp, students were able to learn English vocabulary through the educational sessions conducted.

San Hao Xue Tang teacher Venerable You Qing thanked UTAR and the committee for organising the virtual camp for her students. She said, “UTAR offered a great opportunity for students in San Hao Xue Tang to enjoy the activities virtually without worrying about the problems and issues caused by the pandemic. I am glad to see that the students are actively participating and enjoying themselves.”

Tee feeling happy to be able to participate in this event

Eleven-year-old participant Tee Jia Qing said, “I am happy to be able to participate in this event. I learnt a lot of new English vocabulary here. I hope UTAR will organise similar meaningful events in the future.”

Hong enjoyed all the sessions conducted by UTAR students

Nine-year-old participant Hong Yu Hang said, “I enjoyed all the sessions conducted by UTAR students. I also learnt new English vocabularies through “storytelling” and “Draw Your Zodiac!” sessions.”

Zheng enjoyed “Draw Your Zodiac!” session the most

Twelve-year-old participant Zheng You Gen said, “I enjoyed the “Draw Your Zodiac!” session the most as I was able to learn new English vocabularies that I have never heard before, such as ‘Ox’.”