We had, in my opinion, the best lesson so far at Little Wings! =D And I am so proud that we managed to conduct this lesson so well in spite of the MYCTs! Good job guys! More importantly, I think it was really the way the lesson was conducted that made it such a huge success. We spent minimum time on the technical things, recapping and emphasizing, and spent the bulk of the time facilitating them in their work. The powerpoint slides could only capture their attention for the first10-20mins, but after that, they would tend to lose focus. So I think it was much more effective that way, as working in smaller groups allowed us to help and teach them better.
However, we need to take note of how we help them when they are doing their work. Firstly, we have to prompt them. The children have a wild imagination so we have to constant;y prompt them so that they remember to relate back to what we have taught. For example, you ask them, "How do you draw this? What shapes do your see?" So you prompt them to use shapes to draw. Or "How do you draw the tree trunks? Do you remember which letter looks like the tree trunk?" Always prompt them to relate their work to what have been taught, and do so with questions.
Secondly, I personally felt this lesson was a success for me, as i got to know the kids better. Now i know most of their names and i remember their faces. Most importantly, I got closer to them, especially one child, whose name I shall not say here. She was very quiet in the past few lessons and therefore i did not really notice her. However, as i was facilitating her during the lesson, I realised that she was actually a very smart and neat child. After a little prompting, she was able to accomplish the work assigned and she was also to open up more to me. She started opening her mouth and talking more often, and expressed herself well. For that, I am very proud. Therefore, I urge you guys to get to know each of them more personally, because in that way, not only would it be easier for us to teach, i am sure they would benefit more from the lesson too.
As for certain more active or mischievous kids, I think we have to spend more time with them, and patience is the key. As you get to be their friend, I am sure messages would get through much easier. However, having said all this, we would not be having any buddying system due to the uncertainty of the attendance. Just split up the partnering reasonably for each lesson, and if you can, go back to the same group so that you can get them to know them better and vice versa.
Having said so much, I think we are doing well, but let's strive to do even better for this RESL experience. =D
Ping Chong
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