English songs and movies that can be used to teach English

Tutorial Task:We are asked to find a list of songs and movies based on the themes in the KSSR and KBSM syllabi that can be used to teach English lesson.Although there are songs and movies related to friendship theme in abundance yet we ought to select very carefully on appropriate movies and songs that can be used for teaching purposes.My group members are Cressida,Rizal,Sherman,Shyazzwan and I have managed to compile the list successfully.Now,the list is partially complete,sooner we will complete our task. Thank You...:)

Songs

That’s What Friends Are For – The Vultures

I’ll Be There – Jackson 5

Ben – Michael Jackson

You Got A Friend In Me – Randy Newman

I’ll Be There For You – The Rembrandts

We’re All In This Together – High School Musical

Stand by Me – Ben E. King

Anytime You Need A Friend – Mariah Carey

We Are Family – Sister Sledge

I Love You  - Barney

You’ll Be In My Heart – Phil Collins

Circle of Life - Carmen Twillie and Lebo M.

A Friend Like Me – Robin Williams

A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes –Ilene Woods

If I Didn’t Have You – John Goodman & Billy Crystal

Under The Sea – Samuel E. Wright

Best of Friends – Pearl Bailey

Go The Distance – Roger Bart

HakunaMatata – Nathan Lane &Ernie Sabella

Movies

Monsters, Inc.

Aladdin

Pocahontas

Hercules

Toy Story 1,2 & 3

Lion King

Jungle Book

Up

Capture a particular moment or an event

We are asked to capture a particular moment and complete the five senses table. The five senses involves touch, sight, smell, taste and hearing.

  

Sight	Hearing	Smell	Touch	Taste
§  Spotlights §Students exercising vigorously §  Lecturers exercises §  Instructor exercises	§  Songs are played §  Instruction on steps of movements §  Announcement §Students heaving, panting and grumbling	§  Sweats	§  Hot §  Pain due to muscle stretch	§  Thirsty

We were asked to find a message from inbox.We are required to describe the emotion of the sender and expand the original sentence to at least 30 words.

Original message:

``Jeevy,wake up!!!’’

Expanded version:

Her head felt so heavy that she can’t even lift it from her white,fluffy pillow. Her deep sleep was disturbed by the sounds of birds chirping.As loud as they were screaming turbulently. She feels irritated and looks around the room half-consciously.  She startled when her eyes caught up to one of the post –its she pasted on the wall. She has a library induction to be attended! She grabbed her phone hastily and texted her friend, Jeeivita right afterwards.A bundle of nervousness travels down her whole body.She grabbed her towel and rushed for bath.

Teaching Writing Skills Using Videos

    

          My group were assigned to come up with new lesson plan which is by integrating videos to teach writing skills. The objective of this task is to come up with a lesson plan which is fun and interesting. My group members are Stennia, Madiey, Nabila Hamdan, Saleha and I, myself had proposed our videos yesterday on the way to teach writing skills. Each and every member came up with a video.As a member of the group, I also had come up with the idea of using an advertisement to teach writing skills. The normal question that may arise `how is that done?’ For my part, I just mute the advertisement video.

       Later, the students are required to observe the facial expressions and gestures of the actor and actress and describe on what they see. However Miss Yoon suggested that writing a descriptive essay must be hard for the students. Instead of asking the students to write the descriptive essay, it is best to ask them to write dialogues. By applying this method, the students will learn the format of the dialogue and at the same time, they will find it fun and interesting to learn. Don’t you think so?

Best of luck to those who wanted to apply this method to teach writing skills. :)

Summary Regarding Strengths and Weaknesses of Integration Social Networking Tools into ESL Writing Classroom.

Social networking sites(SNS) promotes the students to develop their creative thinking skills as well as improve their virtual socialising skills and bridges connection  with lecturers by sharing their opinions and interests. SNS also helps to upgrade the students writing skills as they can obtain more information from Internet and relate them to their work. Even though SNS sites contributes various advantages but still SNS sites can be distractive and time consuming as they have to design creatively and the limited access to Internet worsen the situation. In addition, the students also may feel awkward to communicate with lecturers in reality due to interaction via social networking sites.

Description of a Person.(Appearance)

Eyes	Wide apart eyes, Close-set eyes, Evenly spaced eyes, Almond eyes, Small eyes, Prominent eyes, Hooded eyes, Deep-set eyes, Oriental eyes and Bulging eyes
Nose	Turned up celestial nose, fleshy nose, Greek nose, hawk nose, roman nose, snub nose, bumpy nose, Nixon nose
Lips	Full lips, Wide lips, round lips, thin lips, bow shaped lips, downward turned lips
Faces	Oval face, Triangle face, Square face, Round face, Oval face
Body type	Tall,Athletic,Slender,Hourglass,Inverted,Triangle,Pear,Apple,Petite Skinny, Fat, Obese, Fit, Slim, muscular
Skin	Normal skin, Oily skin, Sensitive skin, Aging or Sun damaging skin, Dry skin
Cheeks	Loose rings cheeks, fat cheeks, D Rings, Full cheeks, Half cheeks, Baucher cheeks, Universal cheeks, Beval cheeks

Causes of Motor Vehicle Accidents

As far as we are concerned,the rate of motor vehicle accidents is on rise.There are several causes or merely reasons behind these never ending accidents.

Thesis Statement:There are several causes for the occurrence of motor vehicle accidents however it had been highlighted that the driver's behaviour is found to be the major problem.There are three topic sentences that can be made.The topic sentences are as follows:-

1.First of all,motor vehicle accidents occur due to tailgating because many drivers are quite impatient that they just drive so close to reach a place on time unfortunately they have forgotten their safety and  life.

2.Driving under influence of drug and alcohol are one of the problem that leads to motor vehicle accidents because the drivers unable to concentrate fully on driving and they tend to deviate from being focused.

3.Finally,the driver's failure of maintenance causes accidents.

      >>>the pictures below illustrates accidents <<<<

Formation of Sentences with Random Words From Newspapers

This is a group task.A group consists of 5 members.Our group members are Nabila Hamdan,Rizzal,Erni Nabilah,Nur Saleha and me(Jeeivita Kathirvelu Pillai).We had two local English newspapers and we were asked to find a word from the newspaper. For instance, the word 'clean'.So,we have to find the word and extract the word from newspaper and paste it onto an A4 paper.Miss Yoon asked us to find a few words and the picture above explains it all. Later on,we were asked to form three sentences regarding 'Preservation of Sea or River'.Finally,our group managed to come up with three varied sentences....Here it goes...

1.When we preserve our sea,we can help to reduce the extinction of marine life.

2.The government should preserve the sea because fish are the main source of the protein.

3.Preserving our sea will lower the rate and risk of illnesses caused  by polluted sources.



Personal Views regarding Dress Code

During our  previous tutorial that was on 26^th of September 2012 ,Miss Yoon questioned us whether there should be a dress code for the teachers. Miss Yoon also asked for our opinion whether the teachers can enter the class with rainbow dyed hair,sloppy jeans,slippers and baggy shirts.Based on my opinion ,I think it is inappropriate to enter the classroom in such manner. Now,let me explain in detail.

First of all, a teacher should portray a professional person's image or follow the dress code because students especially primary school kids accept their teacher as their role model and more likely to follow their style. Lets say, when the mother of the kid prohibits her child from wearing indecent and exposed clothes, the first thing that they would likely to mention is ''My teacher can wear it, why not me ?''  and   ''My teacher is my role model and I just follow her, anything wrong? '' Don't get surprised. This is the fact and you have no other choice rather than coming into agreement. This is what likely to happen if you wear such indecent or baggy clothes to the classroom.

Next, you are just degrading yourself or to be  precise, you are  just digging your own grave. Haha.. Remember! Kids nowadays are very judgemental. When you are in an  inappropriate attire, you can’t even advise them. They won’t listen to you and they will talk behind your back  like ‘‘aah..let it be..she just know how to advise people. She also didn’t follow it. Just look at her attire... What right she has to teach me about moral and ethics?’’.I’m trying to say is that the students will not pay any respect to you if you couldn’t watch your dress code.

                Finally, I would like to say that teachers are professionals and our task does not end in teaching subject. We have to play multiple role which are as a teacher, mother and a good friend. When students like and love us(teachers), it would be easier for us  to conduct the lessons in classrooms and directly provides a better learning environment. I didn’t do any survey regarding this issue. What I mentioned above just now fully based on my true experience . I speak what’s on my mind and heart. I’m sorry if anyone get hurt or offended with my views.  My sincere apologies to all.
                                                                                       
                                                                                       Thank You.

               

                                                   

                                                (Image adapted from Google Images.Link)

               ~Professionalism and Ethics are very important when it comes to educating the students~

Upcoming Dynamic Educator

 Good Morning Everyone..:) First and foremost,let me introduce myself to all the readers of my blog..I was named as Jeeivita Kathirvelu Pillai by my parents and my birthday falls on Christmas.Initially, I wanted to be a lawyer but due to my love for English, I took up teaching instead.Now,I am beginning my first baby steps to be an educator in the near future to help those who wanted to excel in academic field especially in English Language.I would like to tell myself that,I am here in University Malaysia Sabah to learn how to teach people English Language.My task does not end there,I ought to be a good role model for the upcoming students and kids who wish to follow my steps.I am here to fulfill my parents dream and I want to concentrate this four years to develop my skills and to master the art of teaching.I am still in the process of learning and I would like to learn a lot unlike being a robotic material which just memorizes and deletes whenever it want to.As an educator,I have set few goals to achieve.My principle: Love All,Serve All. That's a simple introduction of mine. :)