Do you know that Rainbow Nation was actually coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to describe post-apartheid South Africa ?
Well, we teachers have decided to infuse the essence and vibes on Rainbow Nation into the Malaysian second language acquisition context. This topic can be found in the Form 4 English Text Book.
This topic best reflects Malaysia as it is, a nation coloured with various religion, culture, ethnic, food and customs. Not only that, this topic is not only restricted to the aesthetic elements of a nation but also involves the aspects of peace and global unity.
The core of this blog is basically to encourage communicative competence among students in formal and informal contexts. Hence as you go through this blog, you'll be able to find notes, suggested exercises and assessment to conduct lessons and activities on formal and informal speaking.
Also note that the content of this blog can be used for students with intermediate or advance English proficiency levels.
The Introduction
Introduction of a lesson or better known as the anticipatory set is one of the first part of a lesson. It's important to arouse student's interest and evoke their previous knowledge before they look further into the lesson.
Example of materials that can be used in this stage :
Global Peace Festival : Malaysia - An online video on Youtube
Song for Global Peace and Unity - An online video on Youtube
Short Video clip on 1 Malaysia - An online video on Youtube
Malaysia : Nation without borders - An online video on Youtube
Flashcards and pictures :
Once the topic has been introduced, teachers can refer to the notes provided in this blog as the language input and utilize the exercises and assessments attached along with the notes and relate to the speaking lesson.
REMINDER !
It's always crucial to conduct a feedback session at the end of the lesson and, it's also important to recap that day's lesson to see how far student's have comprehended the lesson.
During a recap session, a teacher can always conduct open-ended discussion, pose questions, ask students to summarize the lesson, draw mind maps etc
Lastly, always remember :
GOOD LUCK ! :)
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