a presentation on teaching English as second language

1. The used of “Miha Words
itu” in teaching and learning
to enhance pupils’
vocabulary.
BY
MICHELLE PETRUS
(SK TANJUNG MANAWALI, PULAU BANGGI,KUDAT)

2. Imagine this !
TEACHER A
-Textbook
-Marker
-Traditional method
“chalk and talk”
TEACHER B
- Using attractive teaching
material
- Engaging Lesson
- Fun

3. Which teacher that you desire to
have?

4. Study without desire spoils the memory,
and it retains nothing that it takes in.
-Leonardo Da Vinci-

5. Issues
• Mother tongue
• English is their third language
• (Ubian - Malay- English)
• Not familiar with English
• No interest in learning English
English is a foreign language!

6. Issues
• Geographical position
- Far from city ( 53KM to Kudat)
- Limited internet & learning
sources
- No “outside world” experience.

7. How to make our pupils have the desire to
learn a language that is foreign for them?

8. Here is my solution!
“MIHA WORDS ITU”
MIHA  Search(UBIAN)
WORDS  Words (ENGLISH)
ITU  That (Malay)

9. What ?

10. Why?
Involve Ubian language
• Motivation for pupils to learn
• Familiar with their own language
Use dictionary
• Promote self-learning
• enhance vocabulary
• Learn how to categorize words.

11. HOW?
1. Teacher will pick vocabulary
(from textbook).
2. Write words in “Miha Words
Itu” with colourful marker.
SAMPLE

12. HOW?
3. Pupils need to search for
hidden words in “Miha
Words Itu”
4. List down words at their
book.
SAMPLE

13. HOW?
5. Pupils need to find the
definition of words in
dictionary.

14. HOW?
6. Pupils need to categorize
words according to the colour.

15. HOW?
7. Define words into three
languages.
(ENGLISH-MALAY-UBIAN)

16. HOW?
8. Lastly, hang pupils’ works at
places where most other
pupils can see.
*Don’t forget to have fun with
“Miha Words Itu”

17. This was taken after school

18. Result

19. Year 6 pupils of SK Tanjung Manawali
No Sample Pre test (%) Post test
(%)
Improvement
(%)
1 Sample R 30 63 33
2 Sample N 37 76 39
3 Sample I 37 98 61
4 Sample H 31 96 65
5 Sample S 12 84 72

21. Feedback teachers from other schools
Teacher from SK Sabur
*It’s fun to see their
(pupils’)reaction
*They took the time to make
sure the spelling for their
language is correct.
*Overall it is very satisfying to
see them discussing

22. Teacher from SK Karakit
*I can see them enjoying doing it.
Especially when it’s involved with
their first language.
*I have this one weak pupil in
English and Malay and he is always
shy. So he didn’t involve much in
the lesson but in this lesson he is
very confident because some of his
friends didn’t know the translation
for Ubian so he will do the
translation and it really boost up his
confidence.

23. • Teacher from SK Balambangan
• It’s a good activity and the kids love
it because they use their first
language.
• Even the colourful tool managed
attract them.
• It is a good approach and I love it
• I wanna use it often in the future

24. Pictures from other
schools

25. Cost to produce innovation
Number Material Cost (RM)
1. Paper (white) 0.20
2. Colourful Markers 6.30
3. Colourful Paper strips 1.10
4. Cotton string 4.37
5. Laminating film 1.80
Total =RM13.77

26. Before I end my presentation……….

27. Thank you, Terima kasih, Magsukul
for your time