DAY 4: TEACHERS APPROACH TO LANGUAGE ARTS

Date of Interview: 21st March 2013

Project Name: School-Based Experience (Teachers Approach To Language Arts)

Interviewee: Nor Aini binti Nordin

Interviewer: Puan Rohaizan

Place of Interview: Teachers room, SK Sri Suria 2, Tanah Merah, Kelantan.

On the 21st of March I have conducted an interview with two English language teachers
to find out how they use songs and poetry in their own classroom. Here are the rest of
the interview:

Me : Good morning Puan Rohaizan ,nice to meet you.

Puan Rohaizan : Good morning Aini nice to meet you too.

Me : First of all, thank you for letting me to have this interview with you.

Puan Rohaizan : Your welcome. Its my pleasure to help you.

Me : For the start, can I know what kind of songs and poetry you use in

your classroom and why did you choose them?

Puan Rohaizan: For my class, I use variety of them but my favourite would be action

song and shape poem.The reason why I like to use actions song is

because it is fun and entertaining because it involves a lot of movement

and gestures which the children love very much.Besides it

helps to draw into learning and encourage them to take part in it.For

poem,the reason I choose shape poem is because it is very unique

and creative poem because it uses images and visuals that come in

variety of shapes, colors and structure to describe and portray the main

subject of the poem.

Me : I totally agree with you, both of your choice is great to attract the student
 into the learning. How did you use them,is there any particular approach

or strategy ?

Puan Rohaizan: Yes of course strategies are important to teach song and poetry

especially to elementary school children.For song , I usually let the

pupils to listen to the song first so they get familiar with it.Then I sing

the song 1 phrase at a time, asking the children to sing after me each

time. Finally I allow class to sing alone with no support.For poetry, I will

first read the poem aloud with correct intonation and asked them to

repeat after me.After that I let them identify words that they do not know

or unfamiliar with.Lastly we will do some activities such as drawing and

role play to enhance their understanding of the poem.

Me : Wow, your strategies are brilliant.Do you adapt any material or teaching

aid along the process?

Puan Rohaizan : Yes I do.I use a lot of material and teaching aid to help me with the

teaching process for example I use a lot of power point slides ,video,

picture cards, puppets and many more materials that I made

myself.Basically anything that can help to improve the pupils

understanding of the poem and song.

Me : Yeah I saw some of your teaching aids earlier,it is very nice and

innovative. What are the type and range of activities that you utilised

with songs and poetry?

Puan Rohaizan: I use a lot of activities starting from drawing,role-

playing,writing,singing,games and many more.

Me : Is there a specific day for language arts? Why do they have it on a

particular day?
Puan Rohaizan : Language Arts will usually be held on Friday because the school has

already arranged it like that,on other day we will have other class such

as Reading class ,Listening and Speaking class.

Me : Oh I see, lastly what are your perception of using songs and poetry in

class?

Puan Rohaizan:It is definitely helpful because apart from teaching them the language

itself,the children are having so much fun because in order to teach

song of poetry we do a lot of activities.

Me : Thank you very much Puan Rohaizan.

Puan Rohaizan :Your welcome.

DAY 5: PUPILS PERCEPTIONS OF LANGUAGE ARTS

Date of Interview: 22nd March 2013

Project Name: School-Based Experience (Pupils Perceptions Of Language Arts)

Interviewee : Nor Aini binti Nordin

Interviewer: Muhammad Akmal

Place of Interview: 3 Arif, SK Sri Suria 2, Tanah Merah, Kelantan.

On the 22nd of March I have conducted an interview with two to four pupils about their
perceptions of songs and poetry in language arts. Here are the rest of the interview:

Me : Good morning Akmal ,nice to meet you.

Mrs : Good morning Miss Aini nice to meet you too.

Me : Do you like English class?

Akmal: I love it very much!

Me : In English class, do your teacher teach you any song and poem? Do you like like
it?

Akmal :Yes, they teach a lot of song and poem. I like it very much ,it was fun.

Me: Are they difficult or easy?

Akmal: Most of them are easy.

Me : Which one would you preffered most?Song or poetry?

Akmal: Song! I love singing very much.

Me: Thank you Akmal for your time.

Akmal: Your welcome.

DAY 5: PUPILS PERCEPTIONS OF LANGUAGE ARTS

Date of Interview: 22nd March 2013

Project Name: School-Based Experience (Pupils Perceptions Of Language Arts)

Interviewee : Nor Aini binti Nordin

Interviewer: Fatin Shafini

Place of Interview: 5 Cerdik, SK Sri Suria 2, Tanah Merah, Kelantan.

On the 22nd of March I have conducted an interview with two to four pupils about their
perceptions of songs and poetry in language arts. Here are the rest of the interview:

Me : Good morning Fatin ,nice to meet you.

Fatin : Good morning Miss Aini nice to meet you too.

Me : Do you like English class?

Fatin: I love it very much!

Me : In English class, do your teacher teach you any song and poem? Do you like like
it?

Fatin :Yes, they teach a lot of song and poem. I like it very much ,it was fun.

Me: Are they difficult or easy?

Fatin: Most of them are easy.

Me : Which one would you preffered most?Song or poetry?

Fatin: Song! I love singing very much.

Me: Thank you Akmal for your time.

Fatin: Your welcome.

REFLECTION

NOR AINI BINTI NORDIN

The time spent during my SBE 3 in Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Suria 2 was a
memorable one. The teachers and staff there were very nice and helpful.We were also
given places to sit in the meeting room which are very convenient and nice for us to do
our work and finish the task.

For the first day, there are nothing much that we did, we went around the school
to greet the school community and arrange meetings with English teachers.Later in the
afternoon we were requested to attend a meeting regarding the PIBG that will took
place on Wednesday,we were also elected to be one of the committee members of the
meeting.The next day, we were given opportunities to replace a class, where we finally
able to meet the student and get to know them closer. We conduct a lot of activity with
them such as games,drawing and many more.Later on we had the opportunity to
observe an LGA class. It was a whole new experience for me because how the teacher
manage the class and adapt song and poetry in the teaching process.The lesson was
very good and the pupils seem to enjoy it very much.We also held an interview with the
teacher and the pupils to know their perception of using song and poetry in the
classroom.

Overall, it was an exciting and beneficial experience for me because I had learn a
lot of things on how to carry out a Language Art class.