GOMBAK: Fresh from her first Star Newspaper-in-Education (NiE) workshop, English teacher Yusmedarwati Mohd Yusoff designed her own NiE activity that had her students creating their own superheroes.
Now, she looks forward to sharing this English teaching method with her colleagues.
“We will touch on how to use the newspaper effectively in class,” said the teacher from SMI Al-Amin Gombak, Selangor.
Forty-eight secondary school teachers attended the workshop last week, which demonstrated ways to use the newspaper for English lessons.
The workshop, organised by Star Media Group, was held in collaboration with the Selangor State and Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Education Departments and the Institute of Teacher Education, international languages campus, Kuala Lumpur, to mark Star-NiE’s 20th anniversary.
Yusmedarwati said the upgraded pullout with 21st century skill indicators and activities for different proficiency levels made lesson planning a breeze.
“I’m teaching classes with mixed proficiency levels, so it really helps me plan.
“Moreover, NiE taps into many skills, such as public speaking,” said the teacher whose school subscribes to 430 copies of Star-NiE weekly.
The NiE workshops at Menara Star, Petaling Jaya, will be held for secondary and primary school English teachers until September.
The next workshops will be held on March 7 and 8.
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