ECS~~

this afternoon i went for the new subject course briefing...

my comment bout the subject...hmmm

IT'S KILLING INSTEAD OF HELPING....IT'S TORTURING INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING

why did i say so?

because there are a lottttttt of assignments..it's like every week they need to submit something...

thennnn i also need to cover the text book which is like secondary school text book which we use for 1 year period...but this 1 is for 1 semester (14 weeks)...just imagine how many exercises inside there???

and still it's compulsory to give them HOMEWORK...

their assignments are:

4 journal writing...3 presentations...2 paper works...1 vocabulary test...1 documentation..1 pre test and 1 post test...submit 8 online quizzes..

i got 31-33 students in a class...all together 4 classes=almost 160 students...

the group work must be maximum 3 members and minimum 2..

what im trying to say here is how can i finish the presentation part in a day in 1 class which at the same time i still need to touch the text book..1 group will take the shortest 10minutes and the longest may be 15-20 minutes...i need to finish 10-11 groups in 95minutes??

exercise in the text book cant be given as homework as they got separate worksheet for the homework part...

ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILL...

where got communication??? all writing reading only...

two times of presentations..are they enough to improve students' speaking skill??

hahaha dont bluff la...and what surprise me is, the syllabus is from KPT itself...

ooo yaaa...in the pre test and post test most of the questions are about grammar...whereas non of the assignments and only a lil part of the text book touch on grammar...then how to improve?

why i hate this subject?

because students do a lotttt of works but the improvement is uncertain, vague...and i'll end up being in frustration.

what make me feel frustrated is english classes should be fun..attractive..interesting and developing...i like the subject which has been replaced by this subject where it had role play, speech..students could express themselves...have fun but at the same time they could practise their language skill..

now they are struggling with assignments..and they'll complete it for the sake of mark...that is...

not for developing their communication skills...

KPT....i really dont understand what is in your mind...and after undergoing 14 weeks i hope the KPT can prove me wrong bout my earlier perception pertaining this subject...