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MUET My Way Teacher's Handbook

3 Teacher checks if the sentences are interactive and responsible for to attempt to complete the
constructed well and the meanings of the their own learning journey. The crosswords. Alternatively,
lexis are not confused. enrichment game adds a sense create ‘word clouds’ using
4 Students create a fill in the blanks worksheet of excitement in the learning various Apps like ‘Word Cloud
for their friends to answer and photocopy process. Art Generator’ or ‘Word Art
for the next lesson which involve creating Creator’, print out and laminate,
‘game stations’: Students need to complete decorate the class or school
all the worksheets in each station. Set a with it or blog it.
score system, for example, whomever gets
the highest number of correct answers will
win a prize, whoever finishes all stations first
wins a special prize etc.
2 Pronunciation/Phonology Dictionary skills are very Challenge students to write
1 Teacher introduces the phonetics symbols important to be mastered secret sentences and paste it
using infographics of images downloaded especially for second language on the walls. Students walk
from Google or Pinterest. There are many learners. If they are never around the room with a pen
interesting phonetics posters that can be exposed to the phonetic and notebook and write
used to teach the sound of consonants, symbols they will forever down all the sentences they
vowels and diphthongs. wonder what they are for and managed to decipher. The
2 Teacher sounds the phonetic symbols and will never really acquire the winner is the one who got
students copy the pronunciation. skill needed to interpret and the most sentences correct.
3 Teacher teaches students how to look up sound them out properly. One Provide a prize etc.
and pronounce the phonetics symbols of my very first blog posts in Alternatively, look up how to
beside the words in a physical or virtual 2008 included pictures of my fold an origami Mini Book from
dictionary. Discuss about syllable stress and students in charge of a specific a YouTube video using a piece
the inverted comma that indicated which phonetic symbols, finding of A4 paper. They can use this
syllable to be stressed, e.g. /b 'li f/ = belief words that use them and to write a short story with only
4 Teacher gets students to look up the them presenting their words phonetics symbols. Collect the
pronunciation and practice using online to their classmates. They also books and randomly select a
dictionaries or YouTube (refer to list of free learn very fast so soon they are book and a student to read the
dictionary resources on page __). able to make sentences and story aloud to their classmates.
For example: even phonetics paragraphs
Most Mispronounced Words in Malaysia for their friends to read aloud.
i. country vi. specific In the future, when they look
ii. career vii. develop up words, they will be well-
iii. computer viii. development equip with the skill to read the
iv. photograph ix. hair salon phonetics and thereby improve
v. photographer x. tuition their own pronunciation.
3 Word Games Learning new vocabulary Station to Station:
1 Instead of traditional word games on the through playing game is Students take charge of
whiteboard, consider playing these games a surefire way to increase a station and set up their
using digital tech. You can easily source motivation and excitement. language game. All students
Word Search puzzles, Hangman, Wheel of Using digital technology is also and teachers of the school are
Fortune, Charades, Taboo, online crosswords, a very good way of getting the invited to visit the hall and
anagrams, Word Clouds, poem generator younger generation involved try out all the games. Provide
and other such vocab games online to make in using the language in an simple prizes for each station
learning interactive and fun. authentic and natural way. and a grand prize for the top
2 Divide students into groups and instruct winners who managed to
them to prepare one of the types of games complete all the games in
listed above. each station with the highest
3 Students in the class go from group to group points collection. This will help
to try out all the games. involve all the students of the
whole school in immersive
language learning. TEACHER'S HANDBOOK
4 Dear Aunt Agony This activity is very fun. At You can turn this into a
1 Prepare a ‘mailbox’ using an old shoebox the same time, it gives them speaking and listening activity
or similar. Give students a piece of paper to an authentic reason to learn by getting students to record
write a letter to dear old ‘Aunt Agony’. to use the various negative their voices of the ‘problem’

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