GETTING BACK TO UTM TO TEACH ENGLISH AFTER SO MANY YEARS

 

An old friend who is a teaching staff of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia [UTM] contacted me a few weeks ago, asking whether I would be interested to teach English. My first question was, whether it would be physical or online classes. Once informed the classes would be conducted face-to-face, I agreed without any hesitation.

Today, the first physical class was conducted, on week 3 of the semester. The first two classes were still conducted online as all learning institutions in Johor state were instructed to be closed because of the haze.

After 2 years and 10 months being away from school, I was excited to get into the classroom to do something I do best: Teach.

The lecture was held at T02 block, a new faculty building I had never been to. I arrived earlier and discovered there was a cafeteria on the ground floor. That was good news, now that I know I could always eat breakfast before the class starts.

HAPPINESS: to find Roti Canai and Teh Tarik available, and at reasonable prices.

The class went well despite the technical glitch i.e. the LCD project did not work. We had to resort to plan B, using Google Meet to watch the slide presentations. I was happy that I got to see real students in a real classroom one more time.

As I was about to leave the faculty, an ex-student [of SMK Taman Universiti] appeared out of nowhere. Fans are everywhere. He is now one of the faculty staff and he even helped me to report about the problem I had encountered with the projector to the technician of the faculty.

If you find me busier now, then you should know the reason already. I have another class to teach this Friday afternoon and am looking forward to that as well.

THE FAREWELL SCRAP BOOK FROM THE YEAR 2014

The scrap book was produced my students of SMK Taman Universiti whom I taught them English when they were in Form 1 and 2. It was a farewell gift when I was transferred to another school.

Only now I had the time to upload the pages of the book to be documented. I have lost contact with everybody from this batch. I wonder how they are doing now.

REWARD TIME FOR STUDENTS IN MY ENGLISH CLASS AGAIN

It was time to reward the students in my Form 3 English class [of SMK Dato' Jaafar] again. The presents this time went to those who did well in the previous mid term examination and those who managed to complete the tasks given in the Google Classroom.

3 SINUS

GROUP 1: PEOPLE WHO GOT A FOR THE ENGLISH PAPER

GROUP 2: PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM TASKS

3 TANGEN

THE ONE WHO SCORED THE HIGHEST MARK

GROUP 2: PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM TASKS

There should be one more time for the students to get presents from me. I wonder what I have done would motivate them.

REWARD TIME FOR STUDENTS IN MY ENGLISH CLASSES

 

It was time to give away rewards to two groups of students in classes which I teach English, namely 3 Sin and 3 Tan of SMK Dato' Jaafar. 

The first group comprised of students who scored A for their First Test for English many months ago.

While the second group were students who managed to complete the many English exercises given in their Google Classroom group from March to June.

I hope this small gesture could motivate these boys to work harder and be more serious with the English lessons. There should be more rewards awaiting after the Mid Term Exam.