So today I had my first class with 4D and I just love seeing their surprised faces lol... I went in after their first period teacher left and they all stood up and greet me in Arabic. So, I just go on with it and tell them to recite the do'a and then sit down, in Arabic as well. I heard them whispering among each other "this might be a new Arabic teacher who will relief our English class today" kekekeke, and then I told them "starting today, I will be your English teacher, replacing Mr. E and I hope we will co-operate with each other and have fun in our English class" (I said that in Arabic) and bammmm, there goes their "ah, a relief teacher" face and all went O.O lololol~ Nonetheless, I had fun teaching them today, well, more like a ta'aruf. They have to introduce their names by adding an adjective to is (for example, Evil Erul) and this is fun because towards the end of the class, I can hear them calling their friends by their adjective names hehehe~

From that activity, I can see their level of English. 4D is the fourth class and I don't expect much, since even the first class, only one person scored A in their Mid-Term's English paper. One of the boy wants to describe himself as being "buffy" but instead, he wrote there "beefy", and the other girl went as far as describing herself as "exuberant" and having a very hard time to pronounce it when she actually wants to describe herself as a "cheerful" girl. Malay-English dictionary really makes it hard to them. It is good that they can discover new words, but those big word frustrates them and makes them give up using English as soon as they can't find the words that they actually want to use. However, I forgot to ask them to write a reflection for today's class.

Later for 4A, which I entered for their final period, they went through the same activity but with a slightly higher level. They have to write five adjectives that describes themselves, and then I took their books and distribute them to their classmates. Now, they have to write two sentences containing an adjective to describe the owner of the book. It was a very hot day (the class is at 1.20pm until 2.20pm) and everyone is tired already. However, I received pretty good responses in their reflection notes that I ask them to write at the end of the class. Out of 31 students, one person still find the class boring (because she honestly told me yesterday that she hates English) and the others find the class interesting and different from their previous English classes. I will reply their comments and I will use the comments to improve my teaching in the future.

I'm having a one-period class with 4D tomorrow, and I'm going to teach them (more like revision) to write sentences. This is the continuation of today's lesson where tomorrow they will use the adjective and put them into sentences. I will only teach them according to the scheme of work starting next week because I still need to check their book to see how far have they learnt with their previous teacher.

Haha, looks like you will read lots of "educational entries" after this! hehe~ overall, I am satisfied with today's class. I found myself being nervous at the beginning of the class because I'm still clueless with the "status" of the students; it's hard to tell whether they enjoy or like the class. My previous students from previous schools were more honest and I can tell right away whether they like or dislike the class. Hopefully, I will get to know them better and plan good lessons for them. ^^

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