A taster of potential activities and learning opportunities from the TELL1 project in the Lipis District

Many of the activities and initiatives from the TELL1 Mentoring project in the Lipis district are recorded on the Kuala Lipis English Teaching blog.

An example of the kind of material available is a step-by-step guide for using phonics in pre-school and year 1:

Using paper plates to teach English in the Jerantut cluster

SJK(C) Sungai Jan in the Jerantut Cluster

The Jerantut cluster have been very busy using paper plates to teach a variety of English topics. The plates are a really great resource that can be used in so many different ways. Many of the activities strongly promote conversation skills and kinaesthetic learning. Their blog article his here.

I recommend reading the Jerantut district blog to give ideas for English teaching. If you wish to try out any of their initiatives, let your English mentor know!

Storytelling and Total Physical Response

Telling children stories is a really important way of giving children primary language material and as a springboard for a topic of discussion in whole class time. Children can learn even more when they are listening to a story if they are involved in 'total physical response' - acting out the story and key actions. This really helps the children remember the language!

Here is a video link to specific method of storytelling which fully incorporates Total Physical Response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mk6RRf4kKs

Thanks to the Rompin team of mentors (led by Adam Freeman) for this video. You can read more about Total Physical Response on the Rompin blog here.