You are the president of the PTA at an urban school.

At the last
association meeting, many parents expressed their concern about the
poor performance of their children,particularly in Mathematics, Science
and the English Language. They felt that the school should work harder
towards improving the teaching and learning of these subjects. The PTA could
assist but the association does not have enough funds(money) to carry
out its projects for the school.
As a president of PTA,you wish to speak about this problem and suggest
some solutions at the forthcoming meeting. Prepare your outline for your
speech on the problems that needs to be adressed; what actions that
members of the association can take part in and provide some solutions;
(In your outline speech, give specific details to explain the facts and your
views. Use your personal observations, experience and knowledge.)

Muna, here are some points of reasons why stdts perfmnce in

English is poor.
1. students lack of confidence to use English because they are
afraid of mistakes and shy feeling.
2. many would not choose English as they prefer to stick to the
language they are most comfortable with.
3. They are worried that people will tease them or mock them (if
they speak English). Some wouldnt dare to converse in
English or risk being labelled as action (showing off).
4. Students lack of interest in reading English materials. As a
result, they couldnt score in the exam as their vocabulary
knowledge is limited .
5. The students do not pay any attention when English teacher is
explaining the lesson. They agreed that they do not pay any
attention when English teacher is explaining the lesson. They
missed the opportunity to learn and improve ,thus, they
couldnt able to answer the exams questions excellently.
6. They confused and nervous when they started speaking
English in front of the teacher and other students.
7. They could not summarize the important points in the English
subject content by themselves. they could not apply the
knowledge from English in their real lives.
8. The stdnts obvious negative attitude towards English may
lead to conclude that they are not well aware of the
importance of English and learn it as a compulsory subject.

actions that members of the association can

take part in

Help to monitor their childrens homework at home

Buy more English materials(books,magazines, CDs,etc)

for their children.
Practise English everyday at home
Give moral support for them to build in their confidence
in the language. Never complaints of their bad
performance in the language but keep motivating them
to never give up to be successful.
Those parents who are good in English could assist by
offering themselves to be the English tutors in some
English classes at school on the weekends.
PTA could organise some English activities involving all
parties (parents, teachers, communities And the
students)eg.English Camp

Sorry, coudnt help more coz I need to do my own assignments for

my pro elts class tomorrow. Muna bole huraikan lagi and beri sebab2
guna BI yg.mudah.