The reason why YOU should be using English today

This is an excerpt from the Reader's Digest, Dec 2013 edition. This copy and the other collection are available at the college's library! Instead of paying the expensive MYR15, you can savour it FREE OF CHARGE.

Nice to be appreciated, isn't it?

While the intention of having a blog had always been there,

It's the contest that had triggered the single step.. And a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Now the blog is equipped with the news of English activities (which are a lot!), online teaching / marking documents for the lecturers (which is very convenient considering they can access and update the students' marks anytime anywhere), as well as students venue to view their performance (carry marks and final exam results) for English paper.

So, kudos to the ACTION RESEARCH UNIT for the momentum and their brilliant idea!

Embrace Your Originality

Don't we just despise the usual boring pose for the year book?
At Keningau Vocational, we encourage creativity, and foster innovation.

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Bon Voyage!

Words don’t come easy to us when it comes to speaking on an occasion like this. All throughout our school life, we've seen batches of students being bade farewell by the school and in all those times, we've feared the day when it's the teachers themselves who will be among those stepping out of the doors of this institution for ever. Today, the time seems to have come for us too soon.

Goodbyes are not forever. Goodbyes are not the end. They simply mean we'll miss you until we meet again. 

We, at Keningau Vocational will definitely miss you the dedicated English lecturer, the ferocious warden, brothers to the peer lecturers and 'papa' to most of the students. Adios, Mr. Mohd Sharazi Zulkeffli! 

Photo Courtesy Siti Laila Photography

Fully functioning

The tabs are up and running now.
Students area able to view their final marks (as well as their carry marks),
And lecturers are able to download ALL the documents pertaining to their teaching portfolio.

The semester break is approaching..

It's almost the end of semester (and the year itself) once again!
The best part is all of you still remain strong and positive all the way!
That's the spirit we want at KOVOKEN!

No matter whatever happens,
You know it's the practice to face the real life's challenges.

Stay strong, and optimistic throughout!

Independent learning

At vocational college, we're determined to give ample opportunities for students to practice what they learn in real life. Lecturers are merely facilitators to monitor their progress, and guide them whenever necessary. We don't believe in spoon feeding which lead to dependency. We treat our trainees as adults although they're just 16 years old, with the hope they'll mature and fully blossom prior graduation.

In the picture, catering and baking trainees help the team to prepare some delish drinks and food. The experience they might not even get at home, let alone other typical schools which put emphasise on examinations.

One word : brilliant!

So the college had a graduation ceremony today. It's genius that the photoshoot is done right after they received their prizes.

We love you

Little did the students know how much the lecturers actually care about them.

Another initiative by Mr Khalifa helps to deliver the heartfelt messages to the last batch of SPM students.

That's the spirit!

Don't we just love those who are passionate in what they're doing?

I was surprised too when these students were so thrilled to fill up their names for the sports tournament. They exceeded the quota but I've no heart to turn their passion and eagerness down.

Ps. They prefer to use English terms than Malay's. E.g. 'hurdles' than 'lompat pagar'. Didn't know they're that proficient!

Go the extra mile

Under vocational college, we always value students' efforts, anytime, anywhere. As instance, in the recent English paper, one of the students didn't just elaborate the provided points, but she even came up with a point from the heart. It was so sincere that we almost cried.

Don't we all love extra tips, especially the one which is written from the core of the heart?

Lecturers, heads up!

Always be cautious and double-check on any instructions of money and account

Ministry of Education has not issued any instructions to schools to provide a list of teachers and school employees for the purpose of database update under General Accountant of Malaysia. All schools are reminded not to disseminate information to unscrupulous individuals who request information via the schools' official email address.

Affected schools are obliged to make instant police report to allow further investigations.

BURSARY
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MALAYSIA
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Speak Your Mind!

At Keningau Vocational, we believe that a community of learners must celebrate students’ strengths, interests and abilities. They need significant opportunities to have their broad and diverse views expressed. Thus, one of the ways is to grant a place (or two) where they can share their wonderful and brilliant thoughts with the college's community.

The board at ROM

The board at the hall

Both are the brainchildren of our English lecturer, Mr. Al-Khalifah Affnan

It's around the corner!

The college students will be having their finals beginning 30th September till 18th October. It'll comprise of practical assessments as well as theories. ALL THE BEST FROM THE ENGLISH UNIT! I know you guys will rock the English paper. 

SIR, perhaps next year?

The RHB New Straits Times National Spell-It-Right Challenge at Suria Sabah in Kota Kinabalu. Perhaps we can send some of our bright students to participate next year?

A New Corridor to English Learning: The Board Trendsetter

Not long time ago, Audrey Koh-Wiles (an excellent teacher from SMK Majakir) posted a snapshot of an English board from SMK Benoni. The idea was galvanizing, and a fellow English teacher, Mr Khalifah came up with this vibrant concept for our college. 

English language outreach can extend its grasp, thanks to sponsorship from the college's admin

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Keningau Vocational College
Your astounding career is our business
We care, we share, we dare
Now it is your time to do the same

It's your time to care
     About your future
It's your time to share
     Your skills and potential
It's your time to dare
     To take risks and make changes

Apply to be a KOVOKEN
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And you are one step closer to be Engineered for Competence!

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Your Astounding Career Is Our Business!

Prospective students who had taken the Lower Secondary Assessment (PMR) Year 2013 are invited to apply for the Malaysia Vocational College, 2014 intake.

REQUIREMENTS:
i. Malaysian citizen
ii. Form Three in 2013
iii. Healthy physically
iv. Free from chronic diseases

You have what it takes? APPLY NOW

English teachers rock!

SABAH TEACHERS ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME has set up a portal for all of us.

Feel free to join and register as part of the online community at www.sabahstep.com.

English teachers are just a bunch of proactive lots!

A.I.M. NOT Anugerah Industri Muzik, kids!

Mr Sirhajwan and Mr Ibrahim attended a convention on the 31st of August (Sat). The story goes like this: Out of thousands of English teachers, one of the English teachers had been selected by the State Department and Ministry of Education for a 6 week study tour of America and had analyzed the great American Dream and its validity especially to secondary educators worldwide. 

Do you think you can spot us among the other hot English language educators?

It's on the news the next day!

Family Feud

The form 5 seniors are no longer participating in the co-curricular activities. We're sad that the seniors are no longer around, however, that don't stop us from having fun.

We have Family Feud to fill up the society's slot. So you know, Family Feud is an American game show in which two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people.

Keningau Vocational shines in Regional

The environmental/nature inspired script, 'Planet Pals', of Choral Speaking Angels have won the second runner up Regional Level Choral Speaking Competition after the group from Keningau Vocational College travelled to SMK Agama Keningau to compete in their next level, which boasts Drama Award-winning script writer Mr Sirhajwan Idek.

Sirhaj, a master of the script writing, has written on several college's scripts. Last year he teamed up for the first time with the college's Debate Angels, which was nominated for the remarkable substance.

What If, Facebook Turns To Reality? Well, you tell me!

Technorama IT is one of the activities in the program inspired the Virtual School Club in 2002, where targets of this program is the primary and secondary school students in the whole of Sabah. To implement this program successfully, IT Development Division, Ministry of Resource Development and Information Technology has partnered with the State Education Department and the State Educational Technology Division.

Only selected schools are lucky enough to have the golden opportunity

The selected students are attending the Digital Story Telling (DST) course to produce a short film

Wanna see their film? Click read more below.

'Talking Sabah!'

In collaboration with Visual Culture Society (VCS), English Language Society (ELS) of Keningau Vocational College managed to organize a field trip to watch the live English language theater performance.

This is the second time in the same year the college students had organized the excursion

Sabah leading the way in enhancing English: Yap

Published on: Sunday, June 09, 2013

Kota Kinabalu: Thumbs-up to the State Education Department for having taken the steps to implement the Education Blueprint (2013-2025) from the perspective of enhancing the proficiency of English teachers.

‘Past best practices’ incorporated in teaching English in schools

KOTA KINABALU: Newly-appointed Deputy Education Minister Datuk Mary Yap has suggested that “past best practices’, including prioritising aspects of grammar be incorporated into school teac

hing methods for the English language.

She opined that there was a need to bring back proven best practices to improve the standard of English in schools.

Mary said the Education Ministry was aware of the issue of the English Language, which had been constantly debated in the media, particularly the unfavourable results on English proficiency in the Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examination.

“That’s why the Ministry of Education is seriously looking into ways and means to address this issue in line with the government’s transformation programme.

'Jerangkap Syaitan'

In ESL (English Language Society), we always give our full support for the activities conducted by the other clubs in our college. Recently, Nadine Fae (5PPN) and Carl's Evert (4BK) performed a poetry entitled 'Jerangkap Syaitan' (Devil's Ploy). The one day poet competition organized by our club sister, Malay Language Society, is centralizing on drugs abuse.

And guess what? They got the FIRST place!

We're proficient in English, and excellent in Malay. Jealous much?

Keep the torch burning!

"Keep the torch burning!" acclaimed the Director on the official college's group. 

Thanks to the mantra, the debate angels who were so down initially upon knowing that they didn't make it after competing with the national debaters (from SM All Saints), are now thrilled to pursue their passion.

What doesnt kill us makes us stronger!

The 'Master-Chef' Inspired Performance Wins a Runner-up!

             

At the division level theatre competition, our college emerged 2nd place from 13 school from various interior districts. We also won 'Best Script' award. Congrats to all lecturers and students involved to make this a reality. 

Strike a Pose!

The English Language Society (ELS) in collaboration with the College Library was proud to organize ‘Strike a Pose!’ photo-shoot session. The event had tested the students’ creativity in promoting Keningau College Library as the knowledge source. It was also in conjunction with the National Reading Month.

Enhancement and amazing activities were being executed with the aims to encourage reading and to expose students to different divisions in the library which sometimes were overlooked. The deeds would cultivate students’ interest in reading as well as empower the college’s library as the hotspot to gain knowledge.

There are two challenges:
1) Imitating the Poses on Book Covers.

Keningau Vocational Notches a Clear Victory

LIKAS: Kolej Vokasional (KV) Keningau emerged the overall champions of the VokTek Sports Carnival Zone Sabah & WP Labuan when they won four out of the eight events contested at KV Likas from April 12 to 17.

We win BIG!

Furthermore, for the first time in the Keningau Vocational Debating Association’s 10 year history, the Debate Angels team has won its conquest title. This years’ winning team Tamara Emmanuel, Joel Conolly, Habib Malik H. Idris, and Audrey Zach Jeevan Selvester, provided a fitting beginning to the juniors’ impression in their first year.

The debate angels, the patrons, with the trophies that they won

Who Else Wants To Become the Best Orator and a part of the First-Runner Up?!

This is the first year that a College student has won the District Debate.

Malik defeated TBA, a senior at St. Francis Xavier School. The resolution of the debate was: Resolved: That the federal government should provide a system of complete Medical care available to all citizens at public expense.

The enthusiastic debaters

Choral Speaking Winner Wows Audiences in SJK(C) Yuk Kong

Choral Speaking Angels (CSA), the official and sole representative of the Vocational College, won first place in the choral speaking category of the Keningau District Level, which runs from from the morning until the afternoon of February 28.

The CSA from Keningau Vocational College obtained a total score of 95.0 to defeat 4 other secondary schools around the district.

The choral speaking 'angels' and their proud Moms

For The First Time, The Voluntary Inter-districts Debate Championshion

On Tuesday 5 Feb at SMK Majakir, the friendly match got under way with the debates on the internet brings more harm than good.

The exceptional match between different districts is initiated by Mr Sirhajwan Idek, the coach

There was a great buzz throughout the day, with stacks of questions from the audience and lots of contact details being swapped amongst teachers at the end.

"I want my students to fight with the best among the rest!" roared Mr. Sirhajwan excitedly.

Guten Morgen! We geht es dir?

Anna Lena & Anni Reichert from Germany are on their social service for one month beginning Feb, the 4th. The students as well as the guests would benefit from cultural diversity as they're being exposed to different languages, traditions, holidays and food (read till the end of this post, we've a surprise for you!).

The so-called new 'lecturers'

"Apa Nak Jadi?! LISTEN la..."

Crammed inside the mini bus? NO BIGGIE! As long as we can watch  the live theatrical comedy!

The English Drama Team in collaboration with the Visual Culture Society organized a trip to Kota Kinabalu to watch an English theatre with a mission to hone their drama skills. "The plot touched on everyday issues in Malaysia as well as trying to open up the mindset of Malaysian society." uttered Mr Khalifah, the coach for the college's drama team.

"Great show! I laughed so hard, I cried. Haha! Thumbs up!" -Daen Ozber G