Cikgu Bawa mayat Masuk Kelas Minta Pelajar Selesaikan Kes Bunuh

Cikgu Bawa 'mayat' Masuk Kelas Minta Pelajar Selesaikan Kes Bunuh:

Sekumpulan pelajar mengelilingi ‘mayat’ di ‘lokasi jenayah’ untuk menyelesaikan satu kes ‘bunuh’ dalam teknik pengajaran bahasa Inggeris. — Foto ihsan Facebook/Raee Yeoh


                               




KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Okt — Seorang guru bahasa Inggeris di Sarawak mengambil pendekatan kreatif bagi membantu pelajarnya bersedia menghadapi peperiksaan akhir tahun.

Raee Yeoh meminta pelajar Tingkatan Satu agar menyelesaikan satu kes bunuh, siap dengan topi dan rambut “mayat” di “lokasi jenayah” serta kenyataan-kenyataan suspek.

Mencari ilham daripada internet, guru lelaki ini juga menyediakan pita sekatan polis di sekeliling tempat kejadian yang kelihatan bersepah-sepah.

Lebih menarik lagi, Yeoh menyiapkan pisau gergasi dengan lumuran darah sebagai “ganjaran” ketika sesi bergambar bagi mereka yang berjaya mencari pembunuh.

Guru itu sendiri berpakaian sebagai "ketua penyiasat" yang menegur “penyiasat baru” (pelajarnya) jika mereka bertutur selain bahasa Inggeris ketika menyelesaikan misteri itu.

“Saat ini paling lucu kerana pelajar yang baik bertutur bahasa Inggeris akan bercakap bahasa ini dengan lintang-pukang agar pelajar yang lemah dapat memahaminya,” coretnya di Facebook.

Beliau memuatkan beberapa keping foto ketika penyiasatan itu dibuat di sebuah makmal sekolah.

Diberikan kertas latihan, pelajar dikehendaki menulis setiap motif, alibi dan petunjuk setiap 11 suspek untuk mencari pembunuh.


Walau teknik mengajar ini sangat digemari pelajarnya, hanya satu kumpulan daripada enam kumpulan yang berjaya mencari penjenayah itu, kata Yeoh.

“Cikgu, aktiviti ini sangat bagus, tidak perlulah latihan bagi ujian, kami sanggup main macam ini tiap-tiap hari,” kata pelajarnya, seperti diceritakan di media sosial itu, kelmarin.



Yeoh berkata kemahiran menyiasat itu satu daripada beberapa asas berfikir ketika membaca dan memahami teks mata pelajaran bahasa Inggeris. -
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Raee Yeoh



Murder mystery is always one of the lessons that never fails to keep the whole class engaged. In conjunction with the Form1 final exam at the end of the month - instead of the normal test paper drilling practice method – I decided to conduct murder simulation in 1 Lawas for my English class.



Before the class starts, I placed a dummy (compilations of lab coat, wig, pair of jeans and gloves) on the floor and simulated the murder crime scene of Ms McGowan (victim). The clues and number tags were placed around the dead body so that the students could infer and deduce what had happened. I also placed the confession of 11 suspects around the room. The confession was a short piece of text excerpt which shows the suspect’s opinion of Ms. McGowan.



I alter-egoed myself as the angry head detective of the detective agency who will whack the newly recruited 'detectives' that speak other languages than English (this is always the fun part because students that have better command in English will speak funny broken English to ensure the weaker ones understand). The students have been given the exercise sheets where these detective apprentices have to find the motive, alibis and clues for every suspect. This was rather difficult for them as they have to transfer the information of the confession text to the exercise sheet; only 1 group managed to find the murderer while the other 5 failed to do so.



“Cikgu aktiviti best bah, tak perlulah training bagi ujian kami sanggup main macam ini tiap2 hari.”



Little do they know, this seemingly cool detective skill during the lesson is actually the usual reading comprehension skill (it is called INFERENCE) that they have been practicing since their primary school; the only difference was I chopped a long reading text into 11 text excerpts and stick it around. They thought they only had fun today while they didn’t know the exercise for information transfer comes in many ways other than from the papers *evil laugh*



Preparation time for this lesson was lengthy (2 hours in making the big knife + 2 hours looking for ideas in the internet) but this kind of lessons are always fun for both teacher and students. I could do this all day if time permits =]



(ps: the big knife was served as the motivation for the students to complete their work so that they could take photographs with this gimmick. Oh trust me selfies and photographs are always the best reward for the students!)



[Link for educators where I get this murder mystery resource:http://www.apliut.com/pages/aideenseignement/swapshop_Dunkerque08/Brierley_murder_in_the_classroom.pdf

                                     

                                        

                                            

                                     

                                      

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