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IT IS NOT JUST AN EXTENSION SERVICE…BUT A LEARNING SERVICE

By Annjaneth Pille Pilac (March 2, 2018)

Batangas State University ARASOF-Nasugbu conducted an extension service wherein students who are taking Education are involved. With the theme “Sa Pagbasa, May Pag-Asa”, its main goal is to help children to improve their reading skills. Reading is a big opportunity for them to learn. This is one of the crucial roles of colleges and universities to help in the development of every community.

One of the communities that are being a part of extension service is the Balaytigue, Nasugbu, Batangas. The service was held at the Balaytigue Elementary School last December 16, 2017. Children who are living in the area and/or near the area that are attending school are gathered to be part of the service. It is by the consent of the parents or guardians of the children. As a future educator, it is a big opportunity for me to be part of this extension service. With this, I experience to teach students outside the school. In teaching or in collaborating with the students, I feel so many emotions. This how my experience goes.

I am a volunteer pre-service teacher to teach students in the Balaytigue Elementary School. While entering the school, I saw children playing and when we see us coming they immediately run to their respective room. Seems they were waiting for us. Before entering the room, the coordinator of extension service gives us some brief orientation about what we are going to do and where we are assigned. In each class, there are three (3) pre-service teachers assigned. After that, we told us to go to our respective room. Walking towards the room, I saw the children all quite. The chairs are not properly arranged so we first arrange it before starting the lesson. Children are all willing to help to arrange the chairs. After that, we proceed to introduce our selves. Then proceed to the motivation wherein we let them sing and dance the famous children song at that time “Baby Shark”. After doing it, they seem all energize because they know that song. One–by–one, we let them also to introduce themselves. Some are still shy and some are not and very active.

During the discussion, we first proceed to teach them the lesson which is all about the “ch” and “sh” sounds. We present different words and let them try if they were familiar with the sound and the words associated with it. I notice while we are practicing reading, some are trying to cope up and some are not interested. Some are active in answering board works and some are still shy to answer. This situation becomes a challenge for us to teach and work hard to enable them to learn something before the class session ends. We make some more motivation to encourage them to join like giving a reward when they answer, giving some jokes to catch them attention and so on and so forth. And luckily we are not mistaken, we did. We make all students engage in the learning process. In the end, we are very sure that they acquire learning in reading in sh and ch words.

It is really good in the heart and important that I/we contributed to the learning of the students for a while. This is how teaching goes. This is how in a simple way I/we help children to progress their reading skills. “Extension service is not only just a service… But a service learning is important to extension…”