On 8th of March 2016, I had went for my School Based Experience in Sekolah

Kebangsaan Permai Indah, Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang. I had done my observation for
assignment by entering the class to watch and observe an English teacher who were
teaching the students of Year 3 UPM. I sat in the class and watched how the teaching
practices is done by the teacher and how she suits the learning styles of pupils in the
classroom. The classroom in SKPI is not streamed based on their level of achievement.
Thus, one class had a different level of students which are the bright one, medium and the
weak one. It was a challenge for the teachers to control the classroom and to teach the
classroom as there are different level of students who cannot keep up with the same level of
difficulties. Thus, the teacher had divided the class in groups which they will be sitting with
their own group with the same level. Those who are bright will be given a more challenging
task than the weak ones. The weak one will be guided and facilitated by the teacher. In class
3 UPM, there was one students who had a learning disabilities and he was in the Linus
programme. Thus, the teacher will always give him a full attention and facilititate him more
than the other students. Based on my observation with the special students, he could only
read the alphabet until the letter “E”. Based on the discipline, there was no problem for the
teacher to control the class. When giving task to students, the teacher prepared 3 different
level of task in the same topic. They sat in group and do the task together as a groupwork.
When I ask the teacher whether she is using any teaching aids in teaching English, she said
that she don’t like using teaching aids as it is troublesome and it is quite hard. The teacher
use both English and also Malay to translate the instruction or sentences to the students.
She only use 70% of English language in the class as she said that most of the students
could not understand well in English. So, she had to translate every sentences she spoke in
Malay to ensure the students understand the instructions. Only 3 students in the class who
are fluent and can converse in English with the teacher. The teacher still follows the KSSR
module when teaching. The day I entered the class, she was teaching speaking and reading.
In speaking, she will ask the students opinion on something and the students will answer
her. If she heard any grammar or pronounciaiton mistakes, she will correct them right away.
She will reinforce the students to speak in English rather than speaking in Malay because in
speaking lesson the students need to use as much English language as they can. From the
observation, I can conclude that the English teacher knows how to adapt with the situation
with various kind of students with a different level. She has her own teaching styles and
methodology to teach English to the students with mixed level of abilities in one classroom.