Sunday, April 28, 2013

Academic Visit - Joining Program


Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

Assalamualaikum,

A joining program was organized between Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Wataniah (SMKAWA), Alor Keladi, Besut and Faculty of Languages and Communication (FALCOM), Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kampus Gong Badak. This joining program was organized by the semester two students of Bachelor in English with Communication (BEN). This program is a continuous program between FALCOM and SMKAWA. The first activity of this joining program is the Academic Visit (AV) of 53 students and 3 teachers of SMKAWA on Tuesday, 23rd April 2013 where the students and the teachers of SMKAWA visited UniSZA and throughout the visit, the students will use English fully as the medium of communication. The group arrived at the campus at 9.30 am.  


The arrival..



Being greeted by the Committee Members



After the arrival of the Dean of Faculty of Languages of Communication, Puan Hjh Azizah Binti Endut, the ceremony started with the welcoming speech from the dean. The dean welcomed the students and the teachers to UniSZA and the dean briefly explained to the guests about UniSZA and FALCOM. The dean explained to the students and the teachers about the programs and courses under the faculty. Not also that, the dean also encouraged the students to practice speaking English and do not feel afraid to make mistakes because through all the mistakes, the students will be able to learn more. Next, after the dean had done with her speech, the ceremony continues with the speech from the Teacher Representative from SMKAWA,Mr Mohd Zaharani Bin Omar. In his speech, Mr Zaharani thanks the faculty for inviting the student and the teachers to visit UniSZA. During his speech, he showed a montage about English Fun Camp that was conducted for three days and two nights from 4th to 6th April 2013 at Bukit Keluang Camp, Besut. In his speech also, Mr Zaharani hoped that, through all the activities that will be conducted in this joining program, the BEN students will be able to help the students of SMKAWA to be more encouraged to speak English and able to use English in everyday life without feeling shy and afraid of other people’s thoughts. After Mr Zaharani’s speech, the ceremony continues with the speech from Deacon Chew, the president of BEN Society who hopes for more events that will be beneficial for the BEN students and at the same time will help in promoting UniSZA. 




The arrival of the Dean




The Dean

Mr Zaharani..






The ceremony then continues with the speech from the president of UniSZA’s Orator Club, Mohd Hisyam Bin Zakaria. In his speech, Hisyam talked about debate club and how debate has improved his speaking and confidence while speaking in public. After Hisyam has done with short speech, the ceremony continues with the montage show. Pictures and videos of the activities of the BEN students are compiled in the montage. After that, the representative from BEN 2, Amir Mokhtar Bin Mat Isa and Asmira Binti Adriyanto conducted a sharing session where they share about their experience and feelings of being a BEN student and a student of UniSZA. After the sharing session ended, the students were given a chance to ask any questions regarding UniSZA and FALCOM to dean, Deacon, Hisyam, Amir and Asmira. The students gave their cooperation throughout the Q&A Session. 


Amir and Asmira




After the Q&A Session ended, a student representative from SMKAWA, Nur Syakirah Binti Zahadi, a form two student delivered her speech to thank UniSZA for inviting the students for the visit and giving the students the opportunity to learn more about UniSZA, FALCOM and how it feels like to be a BEN student in UniSZA. After the short speech from Syakirah, the committee members of this program presented some tokens of appreciation to Mr Mohd Zaharani Omar and another two teachers, Miss Nur Aima Farhani Binti Yusof and Mr Tuan Ahmad Farijan Bin Tuan Mustafa and also to the dean, Madam Hjh Azizah Binti Endut. SMKAWA also prepared  cake to show the appreciation towards FALCOM and the cake was presented to the dean at the end of the ceremony. 






After the student left the Auditorium, the students were brought to the library. They were very excited to see the library and the committee members explained the features of the library. The students were brought to see the OPAC system and the committee members even demonstrate to the students how to borrow and return the books. The students spent about half an hour in the library before they head to the faculty for lunch. The faculty prepare ‘Nasi Dagang’ for the students and the teachers. During the lunch, the students of SMKAWA and BEN communicate with each other and get to know each other more. The conversations were conducted fully in English. After lunch, at 1 in the noon, the students and teachers of SMKAWA, left UniSZA with new memories and new friendships.



---> this one is a part of the post-event report that I submitted to Madam Mahani. I wrote the report on 24th April but since I have UniBeTa Camp on 25th, I didn't really have the chance to get online and post this. :)