MPU4: ENGAGEMENT FOR ENGLISH & HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS FOR

PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Date: 21st May 2016
Venue: Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Iskandar
Self-Reflection Report (Individual)
This report is written based on the concepts from Gibbs Reflective Cycle.
1. DESCRIPTION (What happened?)
The event was successfully conducted from beginning to the end without any major
flaws. In a chronological manner, our groupmates left Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS at
about 7.15 am for Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Iskandar. We then unpacked any items that
are needed for the modules (Example; bread, water, activity papers and so on). We then
proceeded to have a small meet-and-greet session with the ever hardworking school
English teachers and headed to the classroom provided for us to conduct our event. The
arrival of students was greeted by our team and group division is made where one
facilitator is in charge of one group. After the group division, each facilitator begins to
introduce themselves and then proceeded to the commencement of the modules.
Modules conducted includes Introduction Session, Spelling Bee, Ice-Breaking
Session, Mind-Mapping, Story Telling, Charades, Role Playing, and many more.
These students were very sporting and energized and were consistently on-the-go at
all times. The children were also excited and really liked the Charades module as it
requires them to walk about while acting. These activities are conducted in the
intention of paving a higher order critical thinking level for them as well as not
forgetting our main aim of conducting this event (that is to engage the students with
the nature of the English language). Occasionally, a short 10-minute break time was
given to the students as we have provided bread and water for them during their break,
as well as rice with black pepper chicken and vegetables and fruits for lunch. My
personal job scope was to find food sponsorship in which includes successfully receiving
sponsorship of 52 Chocolate Gardenia Buns from V5 Mart, UTP as well as 65 pre-packed
polystyrene rice from V5 Caf, UTP. Overall, as mentioned, the event was successfully
conducted without any major flaws and our objectives of conducting this event was
achieved.
2. FEELINGS (What were you thinking and feeling?)
I really felt happy for the children as they were really interested in the activities that we
have planned for them. They have shown good character and response towards our
programme and I personally was feeling happy and joined the fun along with them. I
was thinking from the very beginning that all of our efforts and time spent with the
children are worth it. Besides, I enjoy every moment from the start till the end of the

event where I actually spent quality time with a group of children while doing
something good for them (facilitating them and teaching them the proper use and
command of English). And also, I enjoy taking a short trip back to UTP to fetch the food
for the children for their lunch break as I feel the responsibility of delivering what was
expected by the children.
3. EVALUATION (What was good and bad about the experiences?)
As for me, I can only think about the good that has happened, because personally,
nothing bad has happened. There is no sour/bitter moment that had occurred during
the whole period of the event as everything went smoothly. The good experience I had
was looking at the smiles on the faces of the children throughout the whole event. It
was really appealing to me as a facilitator to know that I have done my job well
(according to one of the children). They even asked for my hand phone number as well
as asking for my signature. It was really heart-warming as I have a small little sister
myself. So I played along, and guided these children as how I would treat my own sister.
Furthermore, during the break time, I even had a chance to explain to the children
about the life of an engineering student. I explained the differences and the importance
of learning English as in the future, the medium of communication they would need if
they were in a learning environment is English. I even had the chance to introduce them
one of my childhood games during the break time (while waiting for the next agenda to
commence). I prefer this event to be done yearly, or even monthly since it was that
good. It was indeed, an eye-opener for them.
4. ANALYSIS (What sense can you make of the situation?)
As mentioned, I sense that the event went properly and according to plan. From the
beginning until the end, everything that was planned, every activity and time allocated
for them went as planned. I communicated quite well with the other groupmates in
terms of timing, as well as buying enough time for me to travel back to UTP and arrive
back at SK Seri Iskandar to get the food for the children. I also sense that the children
have some basic knowledge in English which is a good thing because they are in the
right direction in their journey to mastering the language. Besides, I would also like to
commend the other groupmates of my MPU 4 course that they have done an absolutely
wonderful job and without our teamwork and effort, this event would not be a success
as it is.
5. CONCLUSION (What else could you have done?)
In conclusion, I would say that the event has been conducted successfully with the
excellent leadership of the Project Manager as well as the inseparable bonding between
the members of our group which has led this event to success. The children left the
event happy, as well as having extra knowledge. It is an event which they can tell their

other friends about. It is an event where not only they were learning English, it was an
adventure for them as they were having fun. I feel that this event has the potential to
be a monthly event as this programme really benefits the school children as their
command of English is at a satisfactory level.

6. ACTION PLAN (If it arose again, what would you do?)

For example, one instance which happened during the event was, there were a scenario
where one of the group did not understand the question/certain English words. I would
personally help the group out by explaining the task again in English, and then translate
it into Bahasa Melayu. There were instances during the Mind-Mapping session where
the children did not understand the meaning of some words, (Exmaple: furiously,
angered and so on). So what I did was I translated the words into Bahasa Melayu for
them so that they could understand the meaning of the word. As for what I would do if
it arose again, I would prepare a list of words which I feel that is slightly hard for the
childrens knowledge, and prepare a translated Bahasa Melayu version so that they
know the meaning of the words by reading it. Besides, there was an incident where
there were students who are asking for more bread and took more than 1 per student.
What I would do next time is, I would just simply get more bread.

7. APPENDICES (Pictures)

My introduction to the Children of SK Seri Iskandar

Mind Mapping Session

Receiving Certificate from the Guest of Honours

After-Event Group Photo Session