COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVE UCM40102U4

Week 1 Introductory lecture to the Community Service Initiative

The first week of the module was an introductory lecture. The module lecturer Ms Sarah briefed us on the requirements of the module, FUGEE school project, group assignment and individual reflection journal. We were introduced to the basics of the community service learning. Service learning is about foster care and concern among the community members, how it develops students’ sense of personal and social responsibility and using the skills and knowledge in real life situations.

There was also briefing on the nature of the project we will be working on throughout the semester 4 which is about the FUGEE school project. FUGEE school project workshops will be running till week 7 and we need to teach FUGEE student how to prepare their own financial statement.

Week 2 Forum Info Sharing

Week 2 was also about getting to know the project in details. We had the founder of FUGEE School, Ms Deborah Henry as our guest speaker and also 3 FUGEE students Ahmed Bashir Mohamed, Nawal Hassan Haile and Ahmed Abdi Dirie. Ms Deborah talked about the kind of work she has devoted herself to as the world is experiencing the worst refugee crisis since WWII. In Malaysia today, there are altogether 100,000 registered refugees from Somalia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Iran and Syria. She shared her experience with us of being a part of FUGEE School the beginning till today, how it established, the mission, vision and values of the FUGEE School. At FUGEE School, her mission is to turn "victims" into "victors". She wants to empower her students to change and be equipped with the skills to transform their lives. The FUGEE students shared their experience, such as one of the students said that the language barrier affected them from interacting with other people as they only knew their own language and no other language (English or Bahasa) and being a part of FUGEE school they learned how to speak English which helped them to interact.

Week 3 FUGEE Students visit Taylor’s

By the third week of this module, about 42 FUGEE students visited Taylor’s for the first time and our FUGEE School project started off with their financial statement. We interacted with the students and made them feel comfortable around us. We were provided with clear instructions regarding our financial statement by Ms Sarah. First, we help the FUGEE student create their own email address for use to complete their “open learning” course. Student mentors were assigned accordingly. We were asked to mentor the FUGEE students in learning the basic of accounting. This week we need to complete the Introduction to Accounting Terms. We also need to explain to the FUGEE student what the video mean and complete the mini quiz and solve the Crossword Puzzle.

Week 4, 5 and 6 Conduct of group projects

In week 4 and 5, we are still assigning to teach the FUGEE’s students about the financial statement. In week 6, we need to help our mentees to prepare the presentation slides .We were asked to identify the learning needs of the FUGEE students and create a financial statement. So, we begin by explaining our mentee about the financial statement that we have to create, what it is about and what are we supposed to do to make the financial statement. How to work with power point, selecting the theme, content and background.

Week 7 Presentation by FUGEE Students

This is the week where finally the FUGEE students present their presentation based on the financial statement. Every group had an amazing mentees. The hard work and dedication of the FUGEE students shows that they have learned a lot during the workshops. All the presentations were prepared with visual aids, details of the statement and the students’ confidence in delivering the message to the audience was outstanding. Ms Deborah Henry and Mr Kneath the principal of FUGEE School were invited to give their feedback to the FUGEE students. The session ended with an award presentation for FUGEE Students. Ms Joyce and Ms Sarah announced the first, second and third place winners of the presentation.

Overall, I would like to share my experience for being a part of the project. It was a great opportunity to be a part of this service learning. We learned how to use the knowledge and skills in our real life. There are always chances to spread positivity among the people, just by contributing a little time and guidance. Lastly, I would say that I have really enjoyed working with the FUGEE students on the FUGEE School project.

Principle Of Management (MGT40203100897)

  

  My name is Yeo Hui Min. I am taking Diploma in Business at Taylor’s University Lakeside. I enjoy studying here because as we all know the education in Taylor’s University is high. I also made many new friends around the world and I think this is one of the benefits for me to expand my business on the future.          This has been a great semester for me because I have learned many new things. Since this is semester 3, I have taking for Principles of Management subject for this challenging semester. In addition, this subject was taught by a very kind hearted and helpful lecturer that is pretty woman when she was smile who is Miss Natasya Saat. They are 2 assignment is individual and group assignment. The individual assignment is about 800 words. My topic of Individual assignment is about the elements of organisational culture. To complete this assignment I need to selected an organization and really understand about the topic relates also put my effort to make it done. Then, for this subject my group and I had to do a very challenging topic  that need us to be very focusing on the topic that was already given to all of us. We all as a one group with four members which is Marilyn, Lee Shi Yaao , Chew Li Li, and me .We are requires to interview a local company’s manager and gather all the information. In there I have to settle all the work based on the part that already given to my group member. Again, my group decided to choose a company that was RT Bakery. For this group assignment we all need to do a very good decoration because we need to do something like a scrap book to present all this to our lecturer. So, as a group member we try our best to do this assignment to get a high marks and can support our coursework marks also. My expectation before doing this assignment was it would be hard but we made it. Again, the problem that I had to face while doing this assignment is we did not know on how to elaborate some points. Luckily, we managed to overcome this problem with the cooperation within the members.
    

   Besides that, for me learning a Principle of Management actually are not easy. We need to really understand about the chapter without memorizing because it will be easier for us to learning it. Finally, after doing this assignment I felt so relieved and the important one is I have learned that in a team we need to put more effort together to make the job easy also with our lecturer support. In other words I really love to learn this subject so much! 

English 2 E-Portfolio

   In my group, there are Lee Shi Yaao ,Marilyn Ee , Chan Xin Nie ,Tong Qi Hui , and I. In English 2 group assignment we need to interview an entrepreneur. We have chosen to interview Jack Ma Yun .  He is a person who created Alibaba group.       

   In this group, I have learnt to solve conflicts within our group and manage time properly to ensure our assignment to be completed before the due date set by our lecturer. At first, I was panicking because I did not know how to edit a video. Marilyn helped with the editing.  Lee Shi Yaao , Chan Xin Nie ,Tong Qi Hui , and I will be doing the proposal. I had to give Lee Shi Yaao , Chan Xin Nie ,Tong Qi Hui a due date because we had only two weeks left to complete our assignment.          

  I created a group chat on "Whatsapp" because Marilyn has a different timetable from my timetable and Lee Shi Yaao , Chan Xin Nie ,Tong Qi Hui timetable. Our time was not flexible, so discussing on "Whatsapp" was our form of communication for brainstorming ideas, giving each other relevant information and references. I could also ask them about their progress with the proposal.         

  Three days before the due date, we met up in the library and showed each other what we have done throughout the week. Honestly, I was disappointed because Shi Yaao did not include any references or subheading. I felt that our video was good enough as well.  I think that Marilyn is suitable in editing . In the end, we managed to come into an agreement for our assignment and handed in our assignment into the drop box. I do not regret grouping with Lee Shi Yaao ,Marilyn Ee , Chan xin nie ,Tong Qi Hui because they have showed effort as well.