Sunday December 11, 2011
STORIES about the adventurous journey of a team of trainers captivated the participants of a special English lesson at KJ Generation Resources (KJGR) in Gua Musang, Kelantan recently.
About 55 participants listened to the fascinating experiences shared by the team of eight young adults from the United States. They shared their stories, photos and video clips over several sessions according to the participants’ age group.
“The students were glued to their seats and their eyes stayed focused on every word and image presented to them by the trainers,” said KJGR principal Josephine Kumar.
Team leader Lindsey Gay said the group — which had travelled to India, Nepal, Romania, Moldova, Swaziland, Mozambique, South Africa, Thailand, Cambodia and Australia over 11 months — ended their journey in Malaysia.
The participants listening to the trainers’ stories at the workshop.
“We took turns to share our adventurous stories which included social work and community development programmes which we conducted around the globe,” she said.
“Throughout these 11 months, we served in orphanages, helped the poor and the needy, lived with villagers and worked in farms and helped rehabilitation centres,” she added.
Team member John Hearn said the group had the chance to construct new homes, care for children living with HIV/AIDS, dig a fish pond, and play with street children as they travelled to the 11 countries.
Zakira Imana Zamri, 20, who attended the special lesson, said it was a great opportunity for her to converse with English native speakers and to receive first-hand information about different cultures and social needs around the world.
Wong Pei Leng, 36, and Siti Maziana Muhamad, 27, said that the special programme had helped them overcome their fears to meet and talk to foreigners and native English speakers.
They said they were eager to participate in similar English learning programmes in future to improve their proficiency and confidence in the language.
KJGR focuses on conversational English and character building programmes.
