. ‘Life outside the four walls of their classroom was beautiful in earlier type of schools.’
Analyze the statement in context with the lesson ‘The fun they had’
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As a matter of fact, learning can also occur outside school hours. Students can learn by trying out a new sport or joining a club, and this can result in the discovery of a new skill or talent that will lead to further personal development and greater self-esteem. Such activities fall under co-curricular or extra-curricular programmes. They are not a part of the regular academic curriculum but they support the academic missions of schools.
Co-curricular activities facilitate in the development of various domains of mind and personality such as intellectual development, emotional development, social development, moral development and aesthetic development. The outcomes of extra-curricular activities include creativity, enthusiasm and positive thinking among school-going children. They provide the learning labs, if you like, for valuable life lessons, character development and positive behaviour. So students should take the opportunity to sign up and take part in clubs and societies after school.
But just how do co-curricular activities help students improve language learning, particularly English?
In Malaysia, it is compulsory for all students to become members of a society or a club and a uniformed unit, as well as taking part in sport events or games. With regards to activities that promote English, the Education Ministry endorses the importance of English-related co-curricular activities as stipulated in a circular dated in 1999.
The guidelines given by the ministry included activities such as Bulletin Board, Jazz Chants, Choral Reading, Poetry Recital, Story-telling, Daily News Recap, Assembly Presentations, Air Waves, English Day or Week, Spelling Bee, Debate, English Quiz and others. Indeed there are many activities that teachers and the English Society can organise to encourage and enhance the use of English within the school community. The idea is to increase contact hour with English outside the classroom, particularly in the teaching of English as a second language (ESL) situation. All that is needed on the part of the teacher is a little creativity and organisation so that the different activities can be carried out systematically throughout the year.
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