2nd Week Reflection

        Hye everyone! This was my second week in UM. Now I felt much better compared to the last week. For this week, Puan Foziah's class had been divided into two classes which was on Monday (37 students) and Tuesday (38 students) and my class was on Tuesday. As usual, class started at 10.00 am. First thing first, Puan Foziah asked us to elect a representative for her subject and a treasurer. Everybody was pointing to each other and it takes about 15 minutes to decide who was the class rep! At first, Hazwan Baharim's name was nominated as a leader and everybody seems to agree with it. 
      However, he looks reluctance to accept that job. I know the reason why he refuse to accept it. Back in college, he had been a class rep and he might want to give chance for others to hold that responsible. Puan Foziah alert about it and she asked us to give that responsible to those who were willing to do the job without any force. After some name were called out, at last, Hazwan Baharim stopped the chaos and he decided that he want to be the class rep. I think, with his willingness to become a leader, he can work well and hopefully, all of his did will be bless by GOD. Keep it up Hazwan!. Amazingly, the treasure election did not encounter a lot of problems like a piece of cake!. Against the clock, Dominic Layang Ukit was appointed as the treasure and after the appointment, he asked to pay 10 dollars each! huhuhu...

     So, that was actually happened during the first 30 minutes on that day. After the election, we were asked to complete a survey by Puan Roziah. The questionnaires were basically reflect what will we be encounter for this subject. It asked about our knowledge about computer, the software that we have, and what was our skills in using computer and many more. Maybe from this survey, Puan Foziah could determine our level of knowledge so that, she could plan her class according to our level of knowledge. Do you still remember that last week she asked us to bring a picture of passport size? After completing the survey, we need to paste the picture on the survey paper. Maybe, she wanted to keep it for her record. Next, Puan Foziah explain to us about the skills in using the keyboard. 

       This was a new experience for me as I did not know that, if we used a correct way of using keyboard, we could type faster than before. Actually, if we take a look at the keyboard, the letter "F" and "G" was the center of the keyboard. The left hand was responsible for "F" territory only, meanwhile the right hand side was only for "G" area.

The correct position while using keyboard

        Puan Foziah told us the reason for that. It was because, our right hand is more stronger compared to the left hand side. That is why right hand covered large area so that, we will not get fatigue when typing. The position when typing also important where we must be comfortable. Our hand need to be at the same level with the keyboard in order to avoid from fatigues. I think, on second class, we had learn many meaningful lesson for example, without willingness to carry such responsibilities, all of our deeds are not going to be bless by GOD, and we were also learned on how to use keyboard in a right way.

I think, I shall stop here. ~Adios~

Our Leader-Hazwan Baharim 

(One step closer to become an artist)

Our Treasurer-Dominic Layang Ukit

(Tough Sarawakian)

1st Week Reflection

Welcome to UM!

 What can i say about my first week in UM? There is a lot of new experience that I gained actually. The incident that i remember the most was when I was lost during my first class on Resources. I know nothing about this course. Where was the class, who was the lecturer and what will I learn? Luckily, I finally get into the class with full of question mark in my head. At first, I was stunned. The class was not the same like in my previous college. It was a computer lab. I wonder, why there aren't any tables around? "Maybe we will temporarily sit in here" I guessed.  My lecturer for this course named Puan Foziah bt Mahmood. She gave a warm welcome to us and she treat us well. The subject PBEY 3102- Using and Developing Resources for the ESL Classroom, sounds great to me. I thought, the word 'RESOURCES"  indicate that, I will create and use resources that can be apply in the classroom later. I felt happy because, back in the college, I had a lot of experience in making materials for teaching and I think, there's no big problems to apply it here. However, Puan Foziah told us that, we will be using technology in using and developing resources meaning that, it will not be the same with what I'm expected! We were only using one printed material which was there's a book entitled "Preparing and Using Visual Aids for English Language Teaching". It is a good book actually. There's a lot of procedures for T-L activities, how to develop our own materials and many more. I hope, I could use this book for my teaching later. Instead of using that book, we will undergo this subject through integration of technology where we will learn how to familiarized ourselves with selecting, adapting, designing, and evaluating materials for teaching the ESL at the primary schools. It sounds familiar to me but I bet, this subject will be very different from what i had learned before because, we will be using technology and ICT in developing our teaching materials. Puan Foziah had requested us to bring a picture of passport size, 8gb of pendrive, and she asked us to install the Adobe Photoshop CS3 version and create a blog for this subject. Can you imagine how different was this subject compared to my previous experience? I felt very curios to know more about this subject. That is why by blog was given a name 'I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO..". I am eager to explore and master the whatever skills that Puan Foziah will teach me. I hope, I could do my best to improve myself and excel with flying colours!   

1st Try!

MOHD HAFIZZUDIN BIN KHALID

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Hey guys! Welcome to my space. For your information, this is my first attempt to create my own blog. At first, I'm lost, but now I'm just like a chick that just come out from the eggshell! I felt much better now. Hopefully, i will improve myself soon. Thanks a lot for those who had given their ideas and advised. (>..<)