Culture Skype: Connecting Malaysia and Australia
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
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| It was FUN! |
The session went well and the students from Malaysia were excited and nervous at the same time. As English being the third language learnt in school, the students need to articulate the questions correctly and listen to the answers provided by the Redlanders. The answers to the questions were written by the data enterers.
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| Hmm... |
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| A student with his teacher |
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| Isn't she cute? |
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| Listening to question attentively |
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| Answering questions as the data enterers look on |
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| Hello, friends! |
- Is your school huge? Please tell me about one favourite place that you like in your school?
- What is your hobby? How you usually carry out your hobby?
- How did you come to school? Who bring you there?
- Do your parents read you a bedtime story? Which story is your favourite?
- What did you do during the previous Halloween? Do you get many candies from others?
- What is your favourite food? Why you like it?
- How many family members do you have? Who is your favourite? Why?
- Who is your best friend in school? What do you like about her/him?
- Can you tell me about your favourite cartoon? What is it interesting about?
- Can you tell me about your country?
- Can you please tell me what is interesting about yourself?
- What kind of movie do you like? Why?
- Tell me about your teacher. What is her name? How does she look like?
- Tell me about your favourite book.
- Can you tell me the festival that you celebrate in your country? How you celebrate it?
- I love to eat avocado, do you plant them? Have you seen avocado tree before? Do you like Avocado? Why?
- I know there are a lot of berries in your country. Do you like them? How are they grown in your country?
- Have you seen Santa before? Do you believe that Santa does really exist?
- What you like about your school? What is your favourite activity in class?
- What will you do if you find you have make some mistakes?
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| Traditional dance |
During the debriefing session, the pupils reflected on their feelings and all of them were happy to contribute and participate. The learners also reflected on their strengths and weaknesses based on the session. The result of their reflection were as follows:
100% of the pupils were able to reflect on the session and suggested ways to overcome in relation to the difficulties appropriately. The reflection session proved that this activity managed to discover pupils’ talent, develop interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence.
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| Filling the survey |
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| Reflecting on the process of the activity |
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| Debriefing on the activity |
I love to do this activity again and I hope many school will volunteer to participate. Why not make a difference in how we interact with other people, develop a paradigm shift of the curriculum and transform your teaching and learning into an authentic environment?
An activity such as this requires a lot of planning which may involve the pupils participation. In doing so, they will understand the process of doing things and be conscious of the decisions they make. Isn't it all the traits of a 21st Century Learner that we desperately want to to inculcate?
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