MINUTES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE PANEL MEETING No: 1 Year: 2011 Date : 19.01.2011 Time : 11.00 p.

m Venue : Staffroom ATTENDANCE PRESENT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Mr. Thomas. Mr. Anthony anak Midil. Mr. Zulrushdhi. Mr. Edwin Brundang. Miss Ophelia Jane Liew. Mdm. Julia Solomon.

1. WELCOMING ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRPERSON The Panel Head thanked all the members for their presence. He highlighted that the main purpose of the meeting is to discuss on the yearly activities which the panel should carry out to improve the mastery of English Language among teachers and students. He hopes the teachers will perform better this year. 2. MATTERS ARISING No arising matter raised up in the meeting as everything was well done for the year 2010. 4. DISCUSSIONS 4.1 Talk on the English Paper for SPM for form 5 student. The Panel has agreed to invites Miss Madeline Jaya of SMK Pusa as the speaker for this year. The venue for the talk is at Dewan Perdana and it is suggested to be carried out on the 28 July 2011. 4.2 Panel Management It is agreed that the writing of the lesson plan follow the format given in the School Tactical Management Manual. It can be typed or hand-written.

4.3 Programmes and strategies for 2011 It is agreed that English Language Panel plan strategies and programmes that can enhance the students achievement in all aspects, academic as well as non- academic. 4.3.1 Academic 4.3.1.1. English in Camp It is agreed that the English in Camp be introduced to all students in form 4. The objectives of this programme are to encourage students to write well in English, to elaborate ideas, to instill the interest towards learning English Language among students and to make the students feel that learning English is fun. It is agreed that this programme be implemented to all forms and will be the responsible of the English Language Coordinators of each form to monitor the programme. It must be carried out as soon as possible. Action: All the English Language teachers. 4.3.1.2 English Singing Competition. Mr. Zulrusdhi suggested that this activity can improve the students pronuntiation and indirectly to love and to appreciate the language. This activity will be part of the English Language month activity. 4.3.1.3. Literature Component. It is resolved that the teaching of literature component be carried out and finished at the end of the year. Teachers are reminded to coordinate the topics taught to students especially for short stories and poetry. Rationale to make setting of examination questions easier. Action: All English Language Teachers. 4.3.1.4 Oral Assessment It is agreed that oral assessment be carried out for all forms. Marks will be recorded twice a year, once in April and another one in August using the forms provided by the panel. Action: All English Language teachers.

4.3.1.5 NILAM Programme It is resolved that this programme be carried out as usual. This programme focuses on enhancing the reading skills among students. To support this, panel has come out with the compilation of short stories. It has been distributed to all students last year. Teachers are reminded to remind the students to use the materials for their readings and write the report in the NILAM book report. Teachers are to monitor that this programme worked as planned. Other reading materials are allowed, too. It is hoped that by reading, students are able to increase their grammar, vocabulary and points elaboration skills. Action: All English Language Teachers. 5.0 Other Matters 5.1 The Panel Head reminded everyone to work on time especially when dealing with marks, post-mortem and head counting. He also reminded all teachers to updates the material for the English Corner. While the used material can be put into filing and to be kept in the Language Room for future references. 5.2 The Treasurer urged members to pay the panel fees of RM 5.00 per month .The collection will be used for pot-luck, souvenirs and other panel activities. 5.3 Miss Ophelia urged all members to lend their hands on any activities or programmes shouldered to the panel. Should there be any problems faced, solve them together. Do not blame each other. 5.4 Mr. Thomas reminded everyone that proper communication is much welcome among members to ensure every plan made by the panel work well. Not only that, a good communication will ensure a close-knit relationship among members. The meeting is adjourned at 12.15 p.m Reported by, (ANTHONY ANAK MIDIL) Verified by. ..................... (OPHELIA JANE LIEW)