Learning curve: Star-NiE trainer Anna Cherubin (centre) with Politeknik Sultan Azlan Shah students after the workshop in Perak.
BEHRANG: Twenty-three years on and The Star’s Newspaper-in-Education (NiE) pullout still makes English lessons fun, a fact students and English teachers from Politeknik Sultan Azlan Shah, Perak, will attest to.
“Students got to move around – I even saw some of my students dancing! They really enjoyed the workshop, ” said head of English unit Norhamizah Tamat, 46, after the polytechnic’s first NiE workshop by Star Media Group.
The institution got its first taste of what it means to master English with an authentic material like the newspaper.
Published twice monthly on Wednesdays, the colourful 16-page NiE pullout incorporates authentic materials from the newspaper into English language learning. It is written by experienced teachers/specialists and is endorsed by the Education Ministry. The syllabus-based pullout comes with a copy of The Star and is only available through school subscription. For more details, call The Star’s Customer Care Unit at 1-300-88-7827, Monday to Friday (9am-5pm).
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