100 primary kids rock Let's Vocab @ STEM

Pekan, 10 October- Centre of Modern Languages (CML) has recently received a visit of 100 primary schools’ pupils from Pekan in a program namely Let’s Vocab @ STEM. The program was organized by Industry & Community Network Centre (ICON) in collaboration with CML on 29th August 2019.

It’s director, Associate Professor Dr. Zuraina Ali worked with CML’s members; Rosnani Ismail, Nurul Nadia Muhammad and Nabila Abdul Malek, to produce a learning module as to assist the young learners to learn Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) vocabularies.

“The half day program aims to assist the Primary Year 4 pupils in enhancing their English vocabulary size concerning STEM. They participated in various fun activities to learn the target vocabulary that is packed in the learning module. The module which consists of vocabulary games such as puzzle, word maze, word search and pictionary were beneficial in learning vocabulary,” she said.  

From the survey that was conducted at the end of the program, it showed that Let’s Vocab @ STEM was engaging as it was filled with interesting in-class activities. As young learners of English, vocabulary expansion is crucial in the four skills of English learning; listening, speaking, reading and writing. With the help of this program, the learners gained confidence in learning English; in particular STEM vocabulary, allowing them to know some of the useful vocabulary learning techniques presented in the module.

Prepared by Siri Sarah Sukor, Graduate Research Assistant For Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) Project ID RDU190188