{"id":967,"date":"2011-07-05T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T13:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/2011\/07\/05\/strengthening-english-language-teaching\/"},"modified":"2011-07-05T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T13:20:00","slug":"strengthening-english-language-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hanim\/2011\/07\/05\/strengthening-english-language-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening English Language Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kak Linda spent a nite at the hotel where the conference was held. We had an elaborate Chinese course dinner&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-E36bOiY3oX8\/ThbSA-7XIhI\/AAAAAAAAAtg\/E8g0uniHokE\/s1600\/SAM_2323.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 300px;height: 400px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-E36bOiY3oX8\/ThbSA-7XIhI\/AAAAAAAAAtg\/E8g0uniHokE\/s400\/SAM_2323.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626915698779824658\" \/><\/a>The teachers posing for the camera&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XGFw4G6FLio\/ThbSAtcjrkI\/AAAAAAAAAtY\/cz2DfxiBh18\/s1600\/SAM_2318.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 300px\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-XGFw4G6FLio\/ThbSAtcjrkI\/AAAAAAAAAtY\/cz2DfxiBh18\/s400\/SAM_2318.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626915694087220802\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span><u><br \/><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ahxODhH65nU\/ThbR_-wHLUI\/AAAAAAAAAtI\/Ek4xJ4SXKs8\/s1600\/SAM_2314.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 300px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ahxODhH65nU\/ThbR_-wHLUI\/AAAAAAAAAtI\/Ek4xJ4SXKs8\/s400\/SAM_2314.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626915681552772418\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>My room @ 908<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fadpuCDoPYo\/ThMWHgIf3aI\/AAAAAAAAAss\/ZYDALX9Qtpk\/s1600\/SAM_2295.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 300px\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-fadpuCDoPYo\/ThMWHgIf3aI\/AAAAAAAAAss\/ZYDALX9Qtpk\/s400\/SAM_2295.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625864677656354210\" \/><\/a>The goody bag<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EjSX0UAnlME\/ThMWHZomPHI\/AAAAAAAAAsk\/6ZHAMODsmtM\/s1600\/SAM_2292.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 300px\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EjSX0UAnlME\/ThMWHZomPHI\/AAAAAAAAAsk\/6ZHAMODsmtM\/s400\/SAM_2292.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625864675911941234\" \/><\/a><br \/><span>I attended an ELTC-TED conference 2011 at the Royale Bintang Resort &amp; Spa, and was surrounded by groups of English teachers. <\/span>As a presenter at a workshop session, my presence at this conference was fully funded by the Ministry of Education. <span>I see this experience to be very positive as I get a first hand information about what teaching language is like at schools. The KSSR syllabus has just been implemented to Year 1 pupils this year. It&#8217;s about time language arts is implemented in our school system with the &#8220;FUN&#8221; factor to be prominent. But the problem about the &#8220;FUN&#8221; thing is how FUN can be assessed in an education system such as ours. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kak Linda spent a nite at the hotel where the conference was held. We had an elaborate Chinese course dinner&#8230;The teachers posing for the camera&#8230; My room @ 908The goody bagI attended an ELTC-TED conference 2011 at the Royale Bintang Resort &amp; Spa, and was surrounded by groups of English teachers. 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