MINUTES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PANEL MEETING

No: 1 Year: 2009

Date : 19.1.2009
Time : 1.00 p.m
Venue : staffroom
ATTENDANCE
PRESENT

1. PUAN ASMAD BT. SALLEH (Panel Head)

2. PUAN NORAINI MOHAMAD (EXCELLENT TEACHER)

3. DR WAN ZAWAWI BIN WAN ISMAIL

4. PUAN NUR THALITHAH BT. HAMZAH

5. PUAN CIK NASIRAH BT.CHE DAUD

6. PUAN WAN AZIZAH BT WAN ALI

7. CIK SABARIAH BT. ABDULLAH

8. ENCIK WAN IKHRAM ZAKI BIN WAN ABAS

9. ENCIK ZAINAL BIN SAID

10. ENCIK MOHD. YUSRY BIN YAHYA

1. WELCOMING ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRPERSON

The Panel Head thanked all the members for their presence. She highlighted that the main
purpose of the meeting is to discuss on the yearly activities which the panel should carry
out to improve the mastery of English Language among teachers and students. She also
congratulates all the English Language Teachers especially the form three team for their
effort and hard work though the results went down with one student getting C. She hopes
the teachers will perform better this year so that the victory is ours this year.
2. CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
The minutes was confirmed as proposed by Pn. Cik Nasirah and seconded by Pn Wan
Azizah without any amendments.
3. MATTERS ARISING
No arising matter raised up in the meeting as everything was well done for the
year 2008.
4. DISCUSSIONS
4.1 Appointment of English Language Panel Secretary
The Panel has agreed to appoint Pn. Nur Thalithah Hamzah as the secretary for this
year. It is agreed that the appointment of co-ordinators and teacher in charge of setting
the examinations question papers for each form as stated in the handout given.
4.2 Panel Management
 It is agreed that the writing of the lesson plan follow the format given in the
School Tactical Management Manual. It can be typed or hand-written.
4.3 Programmes and strategies for 2009
It is agreed that English Language Panel plan strategies and programmes that can
enhance the students achievement in all aspects , academic as well as non- academic.
4.3.1 Academic
4.3.1.1 . Journal Writing
It is agreed that Journal Writing be introduced to all students in all forms. The
objectives of this programme are to encourage students to write well in English, to
elaborate ideas, to instill the interest towards learning English Language among
students and to make the students feel that learning English is fun. It is agreed that
this programme be implemented to all forms and will be the responsible of the
English Language Coordinators of each form to monitor the programme. It must be
carried out as soon as possible.
The implementation of this programme is as follows:
i. Students are to write a paragraph a day (form one and form two students) or an essay a week
(form 3,4 and 5 students)
ii. Students must pass up their work on every Thursday and teachers must check and give some
comments on the students work and return their work on every Monday the
following week.
iii. Teachers can provide the topics or let students choose their own topics.
iv. Students must write in the foolscap paper to familiarize them with the length of essay needed.
Action : All the English Language teachers.
4.3.1.2. Literature Component.
It is resolved that the teaching of literature component be carried out and finished at
the end of the year. Form five teachers are reminded to finish teaching THE PEARL
by April. Other forms it must be finished by July. Teachers are reminded to coordinate
the topics taught to students especially for short stories and poetry. Rationale – to
make setting of examination questions easier.
Action: All English Language Teachers.
4.3.1.3 Oral Assessment
It is agreed that oral assessment be carried out for all forms. Marks will be recorded
twice a year , once in April and another one in August using the forms provided by
the panel.
Action : All English Language teachers.
4.3.1.4 NILAM Programme
It is resolved that this programme be carried out as usual. This programme focuses on
enhancing the reading skills among students. To support this, panel has come out with
the compilation of short stories. It has been distributed to all students last year.
Teachers are reminded to remind the students to use the materials for their readings
and write the report in the NILAM book report.
Teachers are to monitor that this programme worked as planned. Other reading
materials are allowed,too. It is hoped that by reading ,students are able to increase
their grammar, vocabulary and points elaboration skills.
Action: All English Language Teachers.
4.3.1.5 Staff Development Programme
It is agreed that several workshops on Photoshop , Power Point, Excel and how to use
the scanner machine be carried out to EL teachers. The ITC ,En. Rashid and
Ust.Fadhil have agreed to become the facilitators.
Action: Panel Head
4.3.1.5 E-Learning
It is agreed that the Panel came out with modules for on-line teaching and learning.
Teachers are urged to find materials on grammar, vocabulary, literature components
or anything related and hand them to Pn.Wan Azizah .
For compilation before being uploaded in the school website.
Action: Pn.Wan Azizah
4.3.2 Co-academic
It is agreed that the co-academic activities be carried out as stated below.
Activities Form
Public Speaking 5
Debate 4
Drama 3
Choral Speaking 2&1
Inter class Public Speaking and Debate Competition will be held on mid-February.
Action: All Forms Coordinators
5.0 Other Matters
5.1 The Panel Head reminded everyone to work on time especially when dealing with
marks ,post-mortem and head counting.
5.2 The Treasurer urged members to pay the panel fees of RM 5.00 per month .The
collection will be used for pot-luck , souvenirs and other panel activities.
5.3 The Secretary urged all members to lend their hands on any activities or
programmes shouldered to the panel. Should there be any problems faced, solve them
together . Do not blame each other.
5.4 Dr. Wan Zawawi reminded everyone that proper communication is much
welcome among members to ensure every plan made by the panel work well. Not
only that , a good communication will ensure a close-knit relationship
among members.
The meeting is adjourned at 2.15 p.m
Reported by, Verified by.
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(NUR THALITHAH HAMZAH) (ASMAD SALLEH)
Secretary Panel Head
English Language Panel