English Language Coaching

Coach-a-Coach Learning Station literacy workforce FRANCHISE

2011-12-25T19:04:00.008+08:00

Coach-a-Coach Learning Station Spaqle for Spik franchise The First FranchiseSPAQLE for workplace literacy The Second Franchise Spik! for schoolplace literacy

ORGANISING GENIUS AND REGRADING THE GRADING SYSTEM - CALL IT THE OTHER GSAT - GRADING SCHOOL ADVANCEMENT TEST

2011-12-07T18:22:00.001+08:00

50 hour schedule sessions plus 50 hour student's own time ORGANISING GENIUS AND REGRADING THE GRADING SYSTEM - CALL IT THE OTHER GSAT - GRADING SCHOOL ADVANCEMENT TEST ORGANISING GENIUS Organising Genius refer to the ranking of coaching groups as groups of Teams A, B, C, D in competitive mode an enforced extensive reading programme, first cohort for first 1000 minutes

Managing an Interventionist Student-Centric Literacy Initiative - A Practice Manual for School Heads (Organising genius and the case for true grading for streaming purposes!)

2011-11-29T23:42:00.001+08:00

Organising genius and the case for true grading for streaming purposes! One of the difficulties faced by language teachers is in grading students performance. The false assumptions generated by a dumbed-down official National Grade Average has put language 'educators' in a quandary- whether to trust our nation's Standard 6 UPSR/GSAT (Grade Six Assessment Test)

10 RIGHTS OF THE READER

2011-11-15T12:55:00.001+08:00

Coach-a-coach Extensive Reading Assistance Plan: Putting common sense to reason

2011-07-21T19:35:00.005+08:00

A REMEDIAL, INTERVENTIONIST METHOD AND CONTENT LESSON PLAN CALLED CERAP

REMEDIAL ENGLISH COURSE FOR DIPLOMA AND DEGREE HOLDERS

2011-07-20T13:02:00.007+08:00

strictly method, and practice practice practice!

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRACTICE METHOD AND A SECOND CHANCE FOR INTERMEDIATE MASTERY BEFORE & AFTER SPM - A HOMESCHOOLER'S GUIDE

2011-07-13T19:59:00.021+08:00

PRACTICE TOOLSTIME PLACECOACHMETHODMODULESPC & AUDIOCAMARADERIETABLE & CHAIRSPC (parental control)PRACTICE STEPS:Step 1 - Skills acquisitionGrading (finding your syllabus),CERAP through BILAS 2 Level Remedial modulesListening skills acquisitionrecording toolsreading toolshome practice toolsMykamus for pronunciation practice366 Collection of Malaysian Folk talesBookworms Book and Audiohome

TUNAS EHSAN DI UMT- CADANGAN PROGRAM 'FRANCAIS KAMPONG' MELAHIRKAN READING INSTRUCTORS/COACHES

2011-06-06T13:23:00.012+08:00

WHERE ARE THE READERS UNLESS WE PRODUCE THEM............ .......................PRODUCE A COACH AND YOU PRODUCE A COACHING STATION PROGRAM 'FRANCAIS KAMPONG' MELAHIRKAN READING INSTRUCTORS/COACHESUNTUK LINUS COACH-A-COACH EXPRESS [ cadangan Program Outreach Siswa dan Alumnus 'Linus Revival' Sek Kebangsaan Ulu Damansara, elsewhere rural Malaysia] "Ia juga membantu ibubapa mengambil

WHAT IS THE NATIONAL GRADE AVERAGE FOR READING, THE FORGOTTEN CURRICULUM?

2011-05-15T21:23:00.024+08:00

...diamonds are not forever,the Apex now the Axis![SPIN- Special Pupils in Need - the dyslexic, the monolingual, the non-starter, the ignored]MIND MAPPING THE SCHEME CALLED "SKIM PEMBACAAN INISIATIF KEBANGSAAN",A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN LITERACY ENHANCEMENT DRIVE,AVOIDS NEED FOR TUITION ON WEEKENDS, A BURDEN FOR ALL, AND DUPLICATING BOREDOMspik!We have been correctly advised that SPIK makes a better

REMEDIAL ENGLISH COURSES FOR UPSR / PMR / SPM / MUET / IPT ROUTE

2011-05-01T11:46:00.006+08:00

strictly method, practice practice practice!Kursus Pemulihan/Pemerkasaan Bahasa Inggeris Persiapan UPSR/PMR/SPM/MUET/IPT 2011 PAKEJ 40 JAM “REMEDIAL ENGLISH”MODUL BILAS 1 BAHASA INGGERIS LATIHAN & AJAR SEMULACERAP MODUL BILAS 1 - REMEDIAL ENGLISH bagi persediaan UPSR/PMR/SPM 2011 Kursus bagi memperbaiki/memulih kemahiran asas Bahasa Inggeris dan menyediakan peluang bagi pelajar mengatasi

From Readaloud to Writealot - UPSR PMR SPM MUET DIPLOMA book trail to Intermediate mastery

2011-04-29T16:36:00.005+08:00

closing the achievement gap, levelling the playing field, crossing the isthmusbetween listening and hearingExcerpts below, on the ABC's of first language second language sharing of the same pillars (the alphabet); on separating first language second language sound systems, continuously taught using monolingual local dialect sound box; on the screening of first language status; and the fact

SURELY LINUS STRUCTURED PRACTICE RUN FOLLOWED BY YEAR END SCREENING BEATS DATA ENTRY AT DAWN

2011-04-29T11:14:00.006+08:00

LINUS SCREENING and LANGUAGE ACQUISITION PROCESS THROUGH STRUCTURED PRACTICE

2011-04-29T11:05:00.003+08:00

Safety-netting the late-bloomers - from peer catching to peer coaching

PROGRAM PERINTIS TUNAS EHSAN - LINUS EXPRESS COACHING GAMES SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN

2011-04-08T03:49:00.002+08:00

PROGRAM PERINTIS spik! - LINUS EXPRESS COACHING GAMES ANJURAN KELAB TUNAS EHSAN SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN

PUSTAKA TERRABACA - JUALAN & PROMOSI BUKU-BUKU TERPILIH MULAI 15B DISEMBER 2010

2010-12-20T14:15:00.001+08:00

LANGUAGE READING SETS FOR SCHOOL AND HOME PRACTICE

EMPOWERING DAY SCHOOLS WITH THE PRESENCE OF HIGH-PERFORMERS - welcome home my coaches

2010-11-15T01:16:00.003+08:00

when common sense finally prevailsBACK TO BASICS

TRAINING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE READING INSTRUCTORS FOR LOW INCOME HIGH YIELD 'FRANCAIS KAMPONG' OPERATORS

2010-10-21T04:37:00.007+08:00

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MIND MAPPING THE SCHEME CALLED "SKIM PEMBACAAN INISIATIF KEBANGSAAN"

2010-09-01T11:39:00.005+08:00

MIND MAPPING THE SCHEME CALLED "SKIM PEMBACAAN INISIATIF KEBANGSAAN"spik!We have been correctly advised that SPIK makes a better SPIN, so we propose thus:- at the PPD level, SKIM PEMBACAAN INISIATIF KEBANGSAAN or SPIK to organise CERAP in-service coach training programmes using suggested materials (photocopiable until the books arrive), with the objective of turning a corps of assistant

From Readaloud to Writealot - UPSR PMR SPM MUET DIPLOMA book trail to Intermediate mastery

2010-08-26T08:40:00.009+08:00

Jumpstarting avid readers and sustained silent reading'baca dalam hati'The Maratib of the ContentEarly Listening Stage UPSR (PMR/SPM remedial)1-10 stories picked and chosen by students from storynory.com, printed in Word format and keywords highighted, accompanied by downloaded audiofile of readout by natasha for listening practice, readaloud in storytelling mode. Facilitator to identify

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2010-08-26T06:20:00.002+08:00

POST UPSR ENGLISH COACHING & PRACTICE INITIATIVE

2010-08-05T13:30:00.005+08:00

MEET MR & MRS SALAH PROUNCE!

2010-03-23T14:27:00.014+08:00

JOS FELIKON WHO? OOPS SORRY 'SALAH PROUNCE!where two languages share the same alphabet, taught side by side using same sound-box, same grammar system, you get present ubiquity of salah prounce..................................................meet Mr and Mrs Salah Prounce, average Malaysians, gone through average 15 years of formal English lessons from school to university..........and have

SCALING THE SOUNDLESS BARRIER AND LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD FOR SPIN TO SPIN

2010-02-26T05:56:00.015+08:00

scaling the soundless barrier to level the playing fieldIt is the taught curriculum (English as taught) that compounds the problem FOLKS AT MOE NEED JUST INTRODUCE S.P.I.N, OR SKIM PEMBACAAN INISIATIF NASIONAL FOR S.P.I.N, OR SPECIAL PUPILS IN NEED (including the gifted ones stuck in the system, undiscovered, untapped),AND AIMED AT LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD; AN INTERVENTIONIST APPROACH TO FILL

WHAT? NEW CURRICULUM WITH SAME TEACHERS?

2010-02-17T12:55:00.006+08:00

screening of sound-box and quarantining local dialects for MEMPERKASA purposesTHIS METHOD AUTOMATICALLY GET TEACHERS TO READ FIRST, AND BE GRADED FOR IT, TO BE REGRADED AS LANGUAGE TEACHERS.It is the taught curriculum (English as taught) that compounds the problem and breeds learning disability, and not the quality of the official curriculum or the various suggested tools of instruction

THE APEX NOW THE AXIS - FROM COACH TO SERVANT-LEADER

2010-01-18T14:17:00.009+08:00

Mat Shakespeare in action- the Apex now the AxisNot all are born to lead. Some are bred. And some coached from young.We propose the TUNAS EHSAN wayto breed from young quality, conscientious servant-leaders by applying a student-centric approachactual leadership tasks distributed over a range of activities connected to knowledge acquisition and capacity building via literacy enhancement.........

THE TALE OF THE NODDING BRAIN, THE TRUSTING HEAD AND THE LEAKAGE IN THE MANDARIN'S LABYRINTH

2009-12-31T05:10:00.006+08:00

changing horses mid-stream, dictating non sense and getting away with it“Education is for the purpose of acquiring knowledge. The most important thing is the acquisition of knowledge. If you have to use a language which makes the knowledge more easily accessible, you should use that language. Historically, the Europeans learnt Arabic in order to access the knowledge of the Arabs ….. but because

EXAMICIDE DISEMVOWELLED - WHAT SKILLS KILLED?

2009-12-29T18:39:00.004+08:00

f thy rlly wnt t ... disemboweling mute testingand safety-netting the learning curvesOr rather what it nipped in the bud.............X EXPRESSIVE SKILLS - UNTAPPEDM MANIPULATIVE SKILLS - UNEXPRESSEDC COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS - UNDELIVERABLED DEDUCTIVE SKILLS - UNDETECTED"The reading practice helps students understand and master the school English language syllabus more easily. The

MOTTAINAI FUROSHIKI, THE VIRTUE + THE REPEAT ACTION - 'KITAR SEMUA' OR RECYCLE ALL FOR FLUENCY, AND FOR ZERO TAILINGS

2009-12-29T13:13:00.010+08:00

'mottainai' means it's a shame for something to go to waste without having made use of its potential in full.JAPAN - Ms Yuriko Koike, Minister of the Environment, has created the "Mottainai Furoshiki" as a symbol of Japanese culture to reduce waste. Furoshiki is a Japanese traditional wrapping cloth which is used repeatedly in a stylish way. (The utilization of this "Mottainai Furoshiki" will

CURTAILING EXAMANIA OR HOW TO PUT COMMON SENSE ON PAPER?

2009-12-29T12:34:00.006+08:00

putting common sense to paper and time to let the cat out...."Language is taught without sound recognition, without students use of the tongue. Therefore both pronunciation and grammatical errors and confusion arising from use of first language 'sound box' and grammar/nahu by teachers and students leaves a vicious trail that plagues school-leavers for life. This is compounded by the fact that

MAKING ROOM FOR LEARNING AND 5 MORE WAYS TO SWING A CAT

2009-12-29T00:29:00.010+08:00

Khat-less we stand, and the ABC's of the 'Student is the Syllabus'2 stage 5 practice sets for .................................- for making a quantum leap in linguistic aptitude- for reaching a sustained silent reading level- for migration to second language skills- for raising a bunch of avid readers"Here the class is involved either in remedial stage (Book 6 below) or enrichment (Book 7

READING PRACTICE SPARKS COMPETITION AND EXPANDS THE SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION HOUR

2009-12-28T15:38:00.009+08:00

no room to swing a cat in the taught curriculum?surreptitious coaching expands the supplemental education hour "And the practice element draws out the competitive spirit allowing for expansion of the supplemental education hour as some are bound to conduct 'surreptitious coaching' to catch up!"

EXORCISING EXAMANIA BY MAKING ROOM FOR READING - LETS JUST NOT SPIN THE TAILINGS

2009-12-28T15:25:00.011+08:00

catering to SPIN - Special Pupils In Need - fodder for the overnourished coach"Best Achiever Since all participants in the contest are pre-graded to measure achievement level after x hours of drill and practice, the low achievers also compete on who moves up the levels fastest. This is to sustain the interest of the other half’ or ‘special pupils in need’ to continue with the reading practice.

Reading practice can alter brain wires: Study

2009-12-27T07:37:00.005+08:00

a method solution to raise literacy level and resolve learning disabilities Pittsburg, December 14 -- Children with poor reading skills need not lose hope. If the findings of a new study are anything to go by, such children are likely to benefit from intensive remedial reading programs. Such programs not only enable children

READING PROGRAMME REWIRES AND LIGHTS UP THE BRAIN; SO CONFUCIUS AND CERAP WAS RIGHT, MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK

2009-12-27T07:12:00.007+08:00

the mechanics of peer coaching ... many hands make light work"This bricks and mortar approach based on actual and repeated reading and writing practice culminating to multimedia presentation is a necessary gateway before students could be expected to comprehend the multitude of materials available online, especially for the diligent. Like coaches on the express train, each pulling along the other

PROGRESS TO 2nd LANGUAGE MODE FASTER VIA AN ENFORCED READING PROGRAMME

2009-12-26T05:54:00.009+08:00

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio;a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; "Tunas Ehsan or the Sprouting of Virtues introduces learners to a practical application of the virtues of a long-forgotten tradition and ethos, banking on the social capital generated from its implementation among the young, our future, to wit,- sprouting virtues, from school to home, and back- buah

NATIONAL GRADE AVERAGE RESULTS ASIDE, SPM/PMR/UPSR ENGLISH REVEAL MAJORITY EITHER FALSE STARTERS OR WITH DYSFUNCTIONAL ENGLISH

2009-12-25T12:50:00.015+08:00

seeking paradigm shift from a 'never-asked-to-read-before' to a 'must-read' environment BILAS 2 with a 2-stage approach salvaging false starters and correcting dysfunctional English among school leavers The term 'bilas' or rinse is used to describe CERAP's proposed module to assist PMR SPM Post-SPM and adult learners relearn correct English and thus enhance their language skills up to

REENGINEERING PEDAGOGY USING TEXTUAL MNEMONICS- FROM FURTHER READINGS TO FOREVER READING

2009-12-24T22:44:00.012+08:00

alas! four eeee-books when all they wished for ...the likes of Barron's Math and Science Wizardry,Usborne Adventure Puzzle Omnibus, and otherchoice cuts from Utusan and DBPPost CERAP retention of readers scheme. Now that they can read - choice cuts only, more so to plant the reading bug. "TEXTUAL MNEMONICCarruthers's studies of memory suggest that the images and pictures employed in the medieval

EXPANDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION HOUR

2009-12-24T18:36:00.002+08:00

catalyst for the elder one to remain ahead,or else be coached by the younger brat, so to speak"Students are put on a 3-stage reading programme. Since it is interventionist, and shadowing the official curriculum, the stages are tagged Remedial, Enrichment and Further Reading for students from Primary Four to Secondary Three category. This is an important grading element for the home tuition part,

SHARING THE SAME PILLARS - PERILS OF FIRST LANGUAGE SECOND LANGUAGE 'SOUND-FUSING' THE ALPHABET

2009-12-24T18:21:00.007+08:00

the abc's of sharing the same pillarsseparating first language second language sound systems"One of the 4 objectives of the KBSM English language programme states thus:“At the end of the secondary school English language programme the students should be able to read and understand prose and poetry for information and enjoyment ".For this to happen under present English teaching and learning

ADRENALINE RUSH FROM A READING MECHANISM INSTALLED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM

2009-12-24T18:07:00.008+08:00

no rush of the adrenaline unless a race...competition and the post-coaching WOW factor "Coach-a-coach Extensive Reading Assistance Plan, CERAP, is a method solution in English language teaching and learning. It is designed as a supplemental remedial cum enrichment programme to fill the gaps found in the present taught curriculum, for experience has taught us that one of the main reasons why

BACK TO BASICS, AND LITERALLY SO

2009-12-23T01:24:00.003+08:00

scenes of students whiling and idling while waiting for UPSR and PMR results will be a thing of the past?"Presently the teaching of mathematics and science though officially in English are not so taught in the 'taught curriculum'. It could instead be designed to run as an ongoing coach-a-coach book club/class library scheme so that students who have achieved progress post-CERAP do not wane on

TRANSITION TO SECOND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIRES EFFORT

2009-12-23T01:13:00.004+08:00

screening first language status"This coach-a-coach approach not only enhances general reading skills, but have an in-built scheme whereby more coaches are trained internally as the programme develops. In this way the programme feeds itself without the need for onerous funding and training programmes for teachers."An interesting spin-off - from our experience - is that coaches themselves improve

TEACHING READING FIRST, AND RIDDING THE BOGEY...

2009-12-22T14:36:00.007+08:00

outcome based, from home to school, and back"Since the nature of the sessions requires actual reading and active participation, the excitement and joy of competition provide the impetus for students to excel. This we have been able to observe at close range, the paradigm shift produced by the CERAP way. Compare that to the staid, passive and multiple-choice rote manner English is being taught!""

THERE ARE THOUSAND WAYS TO TEACH ENGLISH, THIS IS JUST ONE OF THEM...

2009-12-19T18:20:00.007+08:00

...teaching reading first, and strictly method1. Introducing CERAPCoach-a-coach Extensive Reading Assistance Plan, CERAP, is a method solution in English language teaching and learning. It is designed as a supplemental remedial cum enrichment programme to fill the gaps found in the present taught curriculum, for experience has taught us that one of the main reasons why students fail in learning

Komputerra Extensive Reading Assistance Plan or KERAP

2009-12-18T19:03:00.006+08:00

sustaining second language reading ability through frequencyKERAP is Malay for frequency, so frequency of practice is main credo of the coaching practice. It is imperative that students who have thoroughly undergone the earlier English reading and writing practice sets continue with the coaching plan to sustain and enforce second language acquisition. KERAP is the English for science and

So we say, Res ipsa loquitur or "the thing itself speaks,"

2009-12-13T18:17:00.001+08:00

We wrote countless times to Ministry of Education, now we can say we told you so!

2009-12-13T12:10:00.001+08:00

NST 11/12/09 We discovered this in 1997 but we did not have laboratory nor expertise to prove it, so we went around the schools, wrote to MOE countless times, met CDC and many more.....but nobody listened except the kids who did the coaching practice and easily obtained real A's. Then we used the analogy of extensive and intensive reading as akin to the day school experiment showing how placing a

The Alphanumerics of "buah cempedak di luar pagar" or simply put as Johnny Appleseed done it!

2009-12-11T10:39:00.003+08:00

Kelab TUNAS EHSAN - double joy of reading and coaching, filling the lacunae in the curriculum"Who's that walking along the Ohio? It's Johnny Appleseed! He walks across the land, planting trees wherever he goes. So, everyone, clap your hands for Johnny Appleseed!"SPAQLE TO SPIK Coaching EventCoaching of Teachers as Facilitator Coaches January 2012for SCHOOOLS Language Coaching Games Linus

phone-a-coach, or how minah tops her class....

2009-12-09T01:47:00.000+08:00

Remember our earlier tale of Minah, who got all A's in her UPSR, and now in Form 1 scores 95% each English test, now certified coach...."So you see me Minah, from Form 1 Arif, up there on the stage [ having struggled through 36 Keywords books, read through 366 Collection of Malaysian Folk tales, completed all the oral and written work demanded of 8 grammar practice books, Primary English for

HOW TO SET UP A BASIC ENGLISH COACHING GAMES IN SCHOOLS , AND WHY...

2009-12-08T20:08:00.000+08:00

double joy of the Apex now the AxisThe following is one example of a basic model English Coaching Games involving 120 Primary 6 students gearing for the UPSR. Terrabaca Management can assist in the training of 20 students (per school) as coaches to run the Games.1. Grading and placement of students into 10 groups using the following approach* result of Oxford placement test/school based

Why BILAS is strictly method!

2008-03-22T20:57:00.001+08:00

Bahasa Inggeris-Latihan & Ajar Semulastrictly method!BILAS 2 with a 2-stage approachThe term 'bilas' or rinse is used to describe CERAP's proposed module to assist PMR SPM Post-SPM and adult learners relearn correct English and thus enhance their language skills up to High-Intermediate level. Thus, Bahasa Inggeris-Latihan & Ajar Semula means relearning english through practice. And this is most

2008-03-21T14:10:00.000+08:00

not forgetting the other half1. Introducing CERAPCoach-a-coach Extensive Reading Assistance Plan, CERAP, is a method solution in English language teaching and learning. It is designed as a supplementary remedial cum enrichment programme to fill the gaps found in the present taught curriculum, for experience has taught us that one of the main reasons why students fail in learning is their lack

About us, Kelab TUNAS EHSAN, bunch of readers...

2008-03-10T20:12:00.000+08:00

the Apex now the Axis, and the Glint from practice.... having read the coach-a-coach way, having discovered the joy of being able to read fluently, discovers the joy of reading and the arrival of meaning, then upon the other double joy of becoming coach and then selected to represent Kelab TUNAS EHSAN and school in soon to be held ENGLISH COACHING GAMES 2010 involving 8 schools. So you see me

The Apex now The Axis, and sprouting virtues

2008-03-03T21:10:00.001+08:00

Mat Cempedak a.k.a Mat Shakespeare ALL SHARE THE SAME PILLARS TUNAS EHSAN INVITES ALL TO JOIN AND PRODUCE THE EFFORT confucius said many hands make light work / orang tua-tua bilang mau-pakat membawa berkat Maratib of the Tunas Ehsan Lesson Plans as supplement and supporting National CurriculumKERAP Bahasa Melayu Modul TEBASKaedah Ekstensif Regu Amalan Pembacaan CERAP Bahasa Inggeris Modul

B.I.L.A.S - English Back to Basics Refresher Practice Plan

2008-03-01T21:08:00.001+08:00

Tunas Ehsan Reading Assistance Students' PORTALwhere students upload their reading and get graded by peers and counterparts from other schools participatingin the English Coaching Games 2010This peer coaching programme CERAP or Coach-a-Coach Extensive Reading Assistance Plan is to run as a remedial cum enrichment English supplement, where the grading is for effort, and reading fluency is

CERAP Rules

2008-02-19T21:06:00.000+08:00