Teacher Training (Teachers' Development Courses)

            (Assoc. Professor B.S.B. Autar Singh Ji and Professor Kuldip Kaur under the auspices of Khalsa Diwan Malaysia together with a group of learned Professionally qualified Sikhs are entrusted with this mammoth task)

Introduction

Duration            :    The certificate course in teaching Punjabi is conducted in six modules. Each module is over six months,

                             with a two day compulsory contact workshop in the beginning.

Components      :   The programme has two major components - the proficiency component and the pedagogic component.

Approach          :    To provide adequate support to upgrade the participants' own linguistic competence as they 

                             explore contemporary Punjabi language teaching (CPLT) methodology.

Objective          :     Having acquired the basic knowledge and skills of CPLT, participants will be able to teach

                             Punjabi language confidently in the classroom.

Module 1

i)     Proficiency component    :    listening and speaking skills 1

                                            :    reading skills 1

                                            :    writing skills 1

                                            :    language study 1

ii)     Methodology component    :     Principles and practice of CPLT 1 & 2                                                                                  

                                             a)    teacher awareness

                                             b)    study and interpretation of the MPLC syllabus

                                             c)    schemes of work

                                             d)    managing the MPLC classroom

                                             e)    lesson planning

                                                            CPLT methodology 1 & 2

                                             a)    language teaching activities

                                             b)    teaching aids and materials

                                             c)    teaching of listening and speaking

                                             d)    teaching of reading

                                             e)    teaching of writing

Module 2

i)       Teaching Aids and Methodology in Pre-School Punjabi Language Teaching

ii)      Pre-School Methodology in Punjabi Language Teaching - Practical Experience

iii)     Group Processes - Punjabi Fest

iv)     Implementation Strategies - Teacher Administration Interface

v)      Using Charts in Punjabi Language Teaching - Interactive Session

vi)     Classroom Discipline and Problem Management

vii)     Punjabi Language Teaching - Syllabus, Resources and Methodology

viii)    Testing and Assessment Of Punjabi Language Learning

Module 3

Teachers' Development Courses have been held from time to time as follows:

Course No:        Module                     Venue                                    Dates                            Guest of Honor                        Sponsor

Course No: 1    -    Module 1            Maktab Kerjasama Petaling Jaya            9th. & 10th. November 2002                                                                   PETM

Course No: 2    -    Module 2            Maktab Kerjasama Petaling Jaya            1st. & 2nd. November 2003     Dato' Hon Choon Kim.                        PETM

Course No: 3     -   Modules 3 & 4    Maktab Kerjasama Petaling Jaya           30/10 - 1/11/2004                                                                                   PETM

Course No: 4    -    Module 5            Maktab Kerjasama Petaling Jaya            27th. & 28th. August 2005       YB Puan Komala Devi                         PETM

Course No: 5    -    Module 6           Grand Kampar Hotel, Kampar                   24th. to 26th. August 2006       Dato'  S. Veerasingam                        PETM

Course No: 6    -    Module 7           Tropical Inn, Johore Bahru                        22nd. to 24th. August 2008      Dato' Shahrir bin Abdul Samad       PEC / GS J. Bahru

Course No. 7    -    Modules 8&9    Crystal Crown Hotel, Petaling Jaya          5th. to 7th. June 2009                Senator Kohilan Pillay                         PETM / GS P. Jaya

Course No: 8    -    Module 10         Hotel Vistana Penang                                  27th. to 29th. August 2010      10th. Anniversary Celeb.                   PETM

Course No: 9    -    Module 11         Klana Resort Seremban                               27th. to 29th. May 2011                                                                          PETM / GS Seremban

TDC 2007 - Kampar - First Graduation Ceremony. Sponsored by PETM.

TDC 2008 Johore Bahru - Sponsored by Gurdwara Sahib and Punjabi Education Centre J. Bahru

TDC 2009 Petaling Jaya - Sponsored by Gurdwara Sahib and Punjabi Education Centre Petaling Jaya

2010 - Teachers' Development Course at Penang - Hotel Vistana.Sponsored by well wishers.

This was the 10th. Anniversary of the teaaching and Learning of the Punjabi Language in Malaysia

under the Punjabi Education Trust Malaysia ( Khalsa Diwan Malaysia )