The sharing of practice: fun and easy teaching and learning of listening and speaking

• Main Author: Wan Hassan, Wan Norhasma
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/22547/1/ICSoTL%202017%2021-26.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/22547/; http://www.seml.uum.edu.my/images/Proceedings/Proceedings.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This study discussed on the action plan done on a group of non-English option teachers who were not so familiar in the approaches and skills in teaching the language. Assisting the non-English option teachers in the development of listening comprehension was a very big challenge. It was a challenge that demands both the trainer's and the trainee's attention because of the critical role that listening plays, not only in communication, but also in the acquisition of language. It was a kind of intervention to give those teachers some useful guideline in carry out the listening and speaking lessons as required in Primary School Standard Curriculum (KSSR).Teaching listening and speaking is the first important part in a cycle of lessons in a modular concept for the new standard of the curriculum.The action plan was carried out in form of a workshop with those 39 teachers who representing 39 primary schools in the district. It was a sharing session with them on how to carry out the fun and easy teaching and learning in the classroom. The Fun Teaching and Learning (Listening and Speaking) workshop was just like a starting point or a platform for the teachers to get and to increase their knowledge in successfully conducting their teaching. The suggested teaching and learning strategies and the activities for classroom teaching and learning had been included.They were encouraged to use their own initiative to plan stimulating and enjoyable lessons suitable to their pupils’ level