INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS RAJANG

96509 BINTANGOR, SARAWAK

ASSIGNMENT

Name : SITI NORATIKAH BINTI MERASIN

Index Number : 2021032340146
Identification Card Number : 020706120978
Group : PISMP TSLB2 (JUNE 2021 INTAKE)
Course Code : TSLB3073
Course Name : TEACHING OF READING AND WRITING IN ESL
CLASSROOM
Lecturer’s Name : MADAM FELICITA YII MEEI YONG
Submission Date : 23 NOVEMBER 2022

Examiner’s Signature :
Examiner’s Name : MADAM FELICITA YII MEEI YONG
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Tandatangan Pelajar
Tarikh: 23.11.2022 ... .......
REFLECTIVE ESSAY

As a part of the coursework for TSLB 3073 which is Teaching of Reading and Writing
Skills in the Primary ESL Classroom, we ought to do a lesson plan, teaching materials,
simulated teaching and reflective essay. For the simulated teaching, we did it in a group of
three and choose one lesson plan to be adopted and adapted based on the suitability of the
class. Hence, we chose to teach Year 5 topic, Real Life Heroes which focused on the
reading skills that need pupils to be able to identify and describe about the Real Life Heroes
at the end of the lesson.

The strength that we have are we provided a poem that introduce wholly about the
Real Life Heroes besides creating an activities which could engage all of the pupils. We
used a web called Wheeldecide to choose pupils randomly so that pupils will be more
excited. From this, it also have the integration of ICT in the lesson as it is one of the needs in
education nowadays. For teaching materials, we used a colourful manila cards and pictures
to attract pupils’ interest in learning. Dislen, G. (2013) claimed that teacher said that pupils
get more eager to learn when attractive materials are used in the classroom which such
materials attract their attention and keep them alert.

As for the weaknesses, we as a teacher were providing all of the information rather
than the pupils think for themselves. For instance, in Presentation stage on defining the
difficult words, teacher already prepared the meaning for the words which just need pupils to
paste it. Next, on the Practice and Production stage the instructions given were not
organized and long winded. During discussion, teacher started with advance level question
first then go to the intermediate and low. Despite, teacher should do it vice versa. The
instructions for the games were too long that in real classroom, a year 5 pupil will not be able
to catch up with it.

If we have the opportunity, we would like to improvise on delivering the instructions

which we will shorten it and use simple sentence to suit primary student level besides
making it more organized. There are two general rules for telling what pupils need to do
which are instructions must be kept as simple as possible and they must be logical (Rhalmi,
M., 2010). We also would like to add on the content which we will integrate element of HOTS
besides scaffold the pupils better by providing the complete sentence structure. On the
closure part, we would read the poem again with actions to reinforce their understanding on
the topic.
 The threats that we may face in real classroom are on the presentation stage, there
will be a bit time consuming as the pupils may not really fluent in reading the poem. So, the
teacher need to guide them slowly for them to read in groups, individually or with the whole
class. Besides, by using the ICT especially on the Wheeldecide web it will take more time to
change the name and spin the wheel one by one. Moroeover, if the connection of internet is
poor, the Wheeldecide web cannot be used in the class.

In conclusion, from this simulated teaching I can learn on how to conduct the class
and approach pupils by using the suitable techniques besides inculcating the values of a
teacher in myself. I also learnt some of improvements in teaching Reading and Writing
lesson to make sure that the Learning Standard and Behavioural Objectives are achieved at
the end of the lesson.