An Example of Good Communication Skills for Students/Lecturers to emulate ....
http://withlovefrommalaysia.blogspot.com/2012/09/11-years-later-how-living-in-primarily.html
As I am on leave today (13th Sept, 2012), I had a chance to read a beautiful article by a 15-year old Hannah from USA who is currently on a YES (Youth Exchange and Study) program to Malaysia for one year. She talks about her experience living with a Muslim family. I obtained this article from a friend of mine (ex-KPP IU-9 collegue), Rostam Said (chief DJ at SINAR FM) with permission.
I share this information to hopefully inspire students/lecturers to have a good communication skills besides living through diversity in this multi-cultural society in Malaysia (Malays, Chinese, Indian, etc.)
This is a good reading material, getting to know a foreigner's view and experience about her life here.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, during class, if you can share some of your past experience that will benefit students whom you are teaching, that will be great. Maybe, if not all, some of us can learn from your experience.
I have read about the student's comments below about wasting time in class telling stories. He/She may be too rigid or straight forward and dislikes hearing stories. Well, in my opinion, if lecturers do not share something outside of the teaching content, many students would get bored and sleepy. Something "outside of the box" may prevent us from getting sleepy and/ headache due to the rich contents of EM class.
It would be appreciated if you can do this at times in class whenever appropriate.
Mr Anonymous,
DeleteThank you for your comment about the article as well as your feedback on my lecture delivery which I am still struggling to improve.
I will think of something that at least can be somewhat relevant to what we are discussing in class. That is why in the first class I kept on talking about the study of the brain that I had read in the book "How to Study in College" by Pauk Walter from Cornell University.