Assalamualaikum
Finally the school holiday is here! hehe. I was really looking for it since started working. School break means time with the family, family and friends gathering which is a must to keep up with each other and also a time to get myself re-organize (physically, mentally and spiritually).
The last day of school was such a drama (there were episodes actually). My school was so busy with Hari Anugerah Cemerlang and of course the TEACHERS had to prepare the pupils weeks before the day for performances. Mine was English Choral Speaking.
It was my first time to train the pupils but Alhamdulillah, things turned up really well. I am so proud of my little 'big mouths' (now you know why they're in the Choral speaking team, don't you?) Impressive enough that they manage to work together and find a communal agreement to present their story without any quarreling.
The problems that I faced while training them were:
1. Pronunciation- some had difficulties to read and pronounce the words.
2. Intonation- they are so used to reading a text book in the class; u know the monotonous "da..da..da.." where after two minutes hearing it you feel like sleeping, so they read the text that way. Alhamdulillah after few days of training, they read with better intonations and I did not fall asleep while training them =).
3. Team work- children are so eager to be a leader and show their talents. So, those who are aggressive would course like to be the dominator and want others to be the followers. As the teacher, the one who controls the children, I had to play few of my "magic tricks" to calm them down and "put a spell" so they can discuss humanly.
F.Y.I: Most of my pupils come from a low SES family, so please understand their attitudes and behaviours.
After two weeks of training, Alhamdulillah. They look clean and cute and performed on the stage confidently.
Good job little ones!
Choral Speaking Team: Small in size, "big" at the mouth =)