SK Sikamat

Patrick Shelver, working in Sikamat, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan is running the PAL programme in SK Sikamat.

The SK Sikamat teachers are using Peer Reading in their regular reading lessons as an integral part of the lesson.

SK Paroi

Patrick Shelver is working in SK Sikamat, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan is running the PAL programme at SK Paroi.

The SK Paroi teachers are using Peer Reading in their regular reading lessons as an integral part of the lesson.

SK Bandar Mentakab

Martina Gilmartin working in Temerloh, Pahang is running the PAL - Reading program in her schools. Below are some pictures from her program in her SK Bandar Mentakab school.

Martina Gilmartin helped her mentee: Mr. Veera institute a peer reading program in her SK Bandar Mentakab school. Students improve their English reading skills by reading storybooks to each other and then together. She has been running the PAL program in her school the last few months and has really seen some notable improvement in the students' performances. They have gained confidence in their reading skills, improved their pronunciation skills, and have an overall good attitude towards their PAL Reading classes.

Please click the link below to visit the Temerloh Cluster's blog and find out what's going on in Temerloh.
Temerloh's blog

SK Bangau

TELL2 Mentor Jimmy Ma is working in Temerloh, Pahang and can be seen below running the PAL - Reading at his SK Bangau school.

Jimmy Ma did a PAL-Reading class in his SK Bangau class with his mentor: Suhana. Students were very happy and willing to take turns reading to each other. Many groups went through 2 or 3 books during the class. Jimmy's mentee, Suhana, plans to conduct more PAL - Reading classes and monitor them to identify any improvements to her students in their English skills.

Please click the link below to visit the Temerloh Cluster's blog and find out what's going on in Temerloh.
Temerloh's blog

Reading together at SJK(C) Sungai Jan in Jerantut, Pahang

The TELL2 mentor at Pulau Mansok sub-cluster, Stephen-Peter Jinks and teachers Lilly and Nuurul from SJK(C) Sungai Jan combined classes in the library to create a peer assisted learning environment for the pupils.

Pupils from Year 3 and Year 2 reading together
in the library at SJK(C) Sungai Jan.

We have implemented the PAL programme in two different ways at SJK(C) Sungai Jan. Firstly we took the Year 2 pupils in to the library and paired low-achieving readers with more confident peers. The atmosphere was more playful than we would have liked, but reading did take place and the teacher took advantage of the students' reading by introducing their NILAM books for them to fill in as well. The next time we took Year 2 to the library, we paired them with Year 3 students. The younger students became more engaged with the programme as a result of being paired with an older peer. Some of the Year 3 pupils excelled as reading mentors, but overall the noise levels in the library were too high for there to be a lot of reading going on. The teachers and mentor are working on new ways to introduce peer learning to the pupils at SJK(C) Sungai Jan.

Watch this space!

SK Teh in Jerantut, Pahang

Early every Wednesday morning the SK Teh English Panel teachers and the Pulau Mansok TELL2 mentor, Stephen-Peter Jinks, gather all the pupils from Year 1 to 6 into the the yard to read.

"Thank You BMS"
Pupils at SK Teh show of a selection of books donated to the
PAL programme by the British Malaysia Society.

The PAL programme has been running every Wednesday at SK Teh since the 9th of July. It is extremely popular with the pupils who come to school early in order to participate. For the first session, the teachers paired the older with the younger students, and suggested that the younger students to read to the older students who were to listen and help. During other sessions, the teachers and mentor have asked the older students to read and the younger students to listen and enjoy. we have also held 'free-style' and silent reading sessions. All the sessions have been enjoyable, and even though we suggest a particular style of peer assisted learning, pupils are free to enjoy the books in any way they like.

SJK(T) Merlimau

Sonia Makhetha working in Merlimau, Jasin, Melaka is running the PAL Programme in SJKT Merlimau.

The main focus of this PAL programme is for students to learn sight words in order to improve their reading.

Currently there are 10 students from Year 1 and 2 who are involved.

Every pair has a reading pack which consists of: a collection of graded readers, sight word flashcards, a sight word tracker and a reading diary.

The reading sessions are held twice a week for 20 minutes before school begins.

So far, things are going well and students seem to be enjoying it. Some students are zipping ahead, others need more time, but overall there has been some noted improvements. 

Depending on the success of this starter group, we plan to expand the project to include more students.