BULAH BIN GORIBAU / CT10210125

TU30003 - PENGAJARAN BAHASA INGGERIS AWAL KANAK-KANAK

CONTEXT

Pre-school class at my school consists of twenty-five students. It is a remote school
with almost all societies in the school environments work as farmers or rubber
tappers. At home, they use their mother tongue to communicate with their families
and their neighborhood and only when they are in school will they communicate
using the Malay language. English Language is strange language for them and this
situation causes the problems that the students encounter in learning the English
Language.

DILEMMA

In learning English, most of the students have difficulties in mastering the
vocabulary. This may occur due to the students' background as they use their
mother tongue in their daily communication and just use the Malay language in
school but the usage is estimated that only 70 % only. Thus English is the third
language for them, due to this, it resulted to decrease the pupils concerned during
learning process.

SOLUTION

To solve this problem, the proposed method is the use of teaching children songs in
teaching English. Students will be taught to sing children's songs using song chart
display until the pupils can actually memorize the song. The children will be taught
to sing songs accompanied by music to get the right rhythm and duration. A few
well-chosen words to be emphasized more and the teacher will explain the meanings
of the word in the Malay language to enhance the students understanding and
remember the meaning of the words. The children's song should be one of the pre-
school routine in their daily learning activities.



BULAH BIN GORIBAU / CT10210125
TU30003 - PENGAJARAN BAHASA INGGERIS AWAL KANAK-KANAK


RESPONSE

I shared this problem with my colleague, they have also agreed with the way that
has been proposed to overcome learning problems faced by students. Learning
through song is one of the most preferred methods by all children. They do not get
bored and always wanted to participate enthusiastically.
But apart from that, they have proposed two approaches that are also found to be
very effective in helping to control students in teaching English. The first method is
to use the word cards by labeling each materials and equipment that available in the
classroom. This will help students identify the names of the devices in English. The
second method is involving ICT skills. Teaching using ICT such as matching pictures
of animal, objects or whatever fits the words that describe the pictures name.
Students' interest in learning English is improved better with the use of ICT.
However, this method is quite difficult for schools that were due to be in the remote
locations.