NEWSPAPER IN EDUCATION (NIE) ACTIVITY REPORT

Now this, news paper is one of the most useful information sources in this decade. By

newspaper, people can get the latest news or information that happens in common time. For

example, we can get known about yesterday accident by reading newspaper. In the classroom,

they use newspaper for education usage. Mostly, they use the Didik from Berita Harian for the

references and exercises. My report is about the Newspaper In Education (NIE) program which

we use in our school.

The aims and objectives of the programme are to increase student knowledge about the current

issues either in our country or foreign news from around the world. For example, students can

get knowledge about the current issues or about anything topic they want to know like sports,

entertainments, advertisements etc. The next objectives are to improve the mastery in English

language for students because most of the students are afraid to make a mistake when they talk

or speak in foreign language especially English. The third objectives are to in calculate reading

habit among the school children.

The activity goes once a week during the English Education subject about one hour in each

activity. The group target were students from standard four to standard six.

In the programme or activity, students worked in group or pairs and teacher will give them one

or more than one topic to make them search something that related to the main topic. For

example; teacher ask students to look for the news about sports and they find an article about

sport in the newspaper. Then, students asked to find some words or sentences and search the

meaning or the similar words in the dictionary. Students also did the exercises given from the

newspaper in Didik slots and they made a discussion with teacher. Other activities, they asked to

make a composition based on the picture given and make 10 sentences from the picture. From

the observation, most students more enjoy when they use this method in classroom.

The strengths or the programme advantages were, by the newspaper students get known many

current information either local or from the outside or foreign news. Other strengths was the

activities they did make students more confident to speak or write in English like they acted like

the newsreader. This activity can encourage them to more prefer speak in English for the next

time or when they are not in English lesson. With newspaper in education also teach student that

reading newspaper were useful and can make one of their hobbies. So, they will prefer to make

newspaper reading one of the compulsory activities. This activity also was encouraged them to

worked in group or work in pairs by make an assignment given like they discussed about the

main point or the contents of one picture and they made a sentences from that main point.

Usually, nice picture or photo can give students more ideas to write on their ideas.

The programme disadvantages or weaknesses were students did not bring their newspaper.

Usually they will go to the office and make a photocopy for the current topic or they will borrow

the newspaper from friends in other classes. Sometime, the content in the topic or subtopic were

same like the previous year. Sometimes, students can’t be co-operate with their partner or some

group members because of the argument or someone cannot accept someone ideas. Limited time,

such as in one hour they must get involve in NIE activities that usually consist more than one

activities also one of the problem of this programme. Students come with many ideas but they

can’t spitting out the ideas because of time limited.

So, here I give some suggestion and recommendations to improve Newspaper In Education

(NIE) programme for the next session. The newspaper should be prepared by school to deflect

the problem cause from student leave their newspaper at home or they lost it somewhere before

English lesson. They will work in group and copy the question or content in their exercise book.

This also can improve their writing skills. The duration of the programme also should be added

because usually this activity can’t end in one session only. Teacher will ask students to keep that

piece of newspaper cut and bring it back for the next lesson to continue the activity and the bad

news is most of them will lose it especially for the weak classes.

In the end of the activities or programme, we know that this Newspaper In Education Programme

was very useful for the students. Another reason for can increase their global knowledge, it can

train students how to work as a team and be co-operate with their friends. I hope this programme

will be continuously. That’s my report.

ENGLISH DAY ACTIVITY REPORT

English day activities head for to improve the mastery of English for the students. Via this

activity, students suppose to be communicate and do whatever activity in English via talking,

singing, acting, writing etc.

The aims and objectives of the programme were to encourage students facing audients with their

presentation. Not many people were brave enough to facing the public and talk. So, with this

programme students can be participating in many other contests to gouge out their talent. The

next objective were to encourage students speak in English language either they just speak

broken English because in learning process, people always make mistake and they learn from the

mistake.

The activities held in one day per week (Wednesday) during resest time around 9.30 a.m to 10.00

a.m and the group target were the students in standard four, five and six.

During the activity, many competitions were held like public speaking, storytelling, choral

speaking, singing and greeting card writing. Many classes were sent their participant in each

competition pupils really enjoy to get involve. In public speaking, students were given one

simple topic and they will talk about the topic in about 3-5 minutes. In a choral speaking,

students have created a group of 12 to 15 pupils and speak in rhyme base on their own story in

about 5 to 7 minutes. For the storytelling, students has chosen their own folk story and presented

in about 5 to 7 minutes. For the greeting card writing, students were allowed to created their card

based on the main topic, ‘Mothers Day’ and they used their creativity to create the most beautiful

card and speech. All the competitions were judged by English teachers and in the end of every

months, the prize to the winner will given by the principle.

In English Day activities, students can get involve in any competition they could. This is good

for their exposure in facing the audients. Students also can show up their talents to people to get

some experience about self control that how to calm their self within the competition. The

competition also can improve their mastery in grammar and vocabulary especially in greeting

card writing competition. The public speaker also can improve their pronounciation in public

speaking and storytelling.

The weaknesses of the program were some student refuse to get involves in this activities or

program because they have no confident or have a lack of courage. The other reasons, students

won’t involve because of shy, afraid to make mistake and afraid to audient or phobia and the

most difficult problem to solve are sometime students can’t make good co-operation to create a

presentation and it cause finally they won’t make it.

My suggestion and recommendations for next program are, this activities or program should be

held in one whole week during resest and not once in a month because students very enjoy their

selves during the activity. Teachers also should be involves in this activities to make this

program become more fun and exciting.

For my conclusion, English Day Program actually can improve our skills in communications and

writing. For example, it can make pupils more confident and courage to facing the audience and

public soon.